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Contents July 15,1996 

"/ saw myself as a hardy young sapling that could do with some pruning, but now I see 

a gnarled old thing that begs to be torn down to the root and rebuilt limb by limb. " 

L It V BURANA. PAGE 28 





xirana 

One look at the cover of this magazine would 
convince most people that the woman pictured — 
writer Lily Burana — is not someone in dire need 
of cosmetic surgery. But most patients arc okay- 
looking people interested in a few tweaks. As 
Burana discovered on an incognito fact-finding 
mission at offices of some of the biggest sur- 
geons in town, tweaking is in plentiful supply. 

Heroin Chic 

36 Angry Young Cinema 

By Maureen Callahan 

Wild with life and bursting with 
energy, the heavily hyped Train- 
spotting — about a bunch of Scot- 
tish malcontents on junk — has be- 
come totemic to a whole genera- 
tion of British young people and 
ubiquitous as a subject among the 
chattering class. Like last summer's Kids, it's hard to ignore. Unlike Kids, 
it's a lot of fun to watch. Will it translate here? 

40 Junk Bonds 

By Mim Udovitch 

New York punk-rock hero Richard Hell— whose new novel. Co Now, 
about a heroin-addicted musician not unlike his younger self — talks about 
getting up early in the morning, getting older, and the new punk nostalgia. 

42 Opening the Windows 

By CorDy Kummer 

Twenty years after it opened (and 
one explosion later), Windows on 
the World is trying to live up to its 
original promise. The retro archi- 
tecture is virtually voguish now. 
|oe Baum. the man who so suc- 
cessfully revamped the Rainbow 
Room, has made the place more 
fun. And while management is 
taking pains not to alienate 
tourists, it's ready for locals to 
show up, too. 




Gotham 

13 The strange, sad story of the 
murdered magazine editor: 
newsweeklies invaded by aliens 

Departments 

18 The City Politic 
Michael Tomasky 

It's congressional-redistricting 
time: Racial diversity, meet incum- 
bent protection 

20 Sports 
William Goldman 

Wimbledon goes the way of the 
NBA, with jaded young stars and 
winners who don't win 

24 The Bottom Line 
James J. Cramer 

The day (actually, the precise 
minute) the stock market regained 
its sanity 

Marketplace 

48 Best Bth 
Corky Pollan 

Summer rains, on tap; switchless 
lights; a cool picnic platter 

50 The Goods 
Rene Chun 

Leather Deco-era club chairs, long 
popular in Paris, sink into the 
New York fashion consciousness 

52 Sales & Bargains 
Dany Levy 

Marked-down Manolo Blahnik 
shoes; noise-reducing windows; 
cut-rate catering 



The Arts 



53 Movies 
David Denby 

Phenomenon is pleasant but 
grows fatuous; Striptease is puni- 
tive and hypocritical 



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Mark Stevens 

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56 Theater 
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Henry V in the Park: exaggerated 
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57 Dance 
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The Paris Opera Ballet returns, 
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Cue 

59 Way inside the Brooklyn 



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IN SUZANNA ANDREWS'S "MICHAEL 
Milken Just Wants to Be Loved" 
(|une 10) regarding my longtime 
friend and client Michael Milken, 
she states that he "deflect [ed]" her 
question about whether he tried to 
raise money for Ted Turner to buy CBS. 
Ms. Andrews did ask Michael if he 
helped Turner by sounding out sources 
of funding for a CBS bid (which of 
course never occurred). Mr. Milken re- 
sponded unequivocally that "no [he] 
did not." 

Similarly, Ms. Andrews suggests that 
Michael was somehow involved in the 
pricing of the Turner-Time Warner 
merger, which again is not true. Unfor- 
tunately, in three hours of interviews, 
Ms. Andrews never asked either 
Michael or me about this totally base- 
less contention. Instead, she relied sole- 
ly on one of the unnamed sources upon 
which she bases most of her article, 
who clearly is not a reliable source. 
(Consistent with the accuracy of the ar- 
ticle is a picture on page 27 captioned 
"Milken with Sandler" in which I am 
nowhere to be seen.) 

While disappointed by the tone and 
mischaracterizations of Ms. Andrews's 
story, I am not surprised. Like many pre- 
vious negative articles — which, inciden- 
tally, Ms. Andrews drew heavily from — 
the New York story is built almost en- 
tirely on a foundation of unnamed and 
unknowledgeable sources. If New York 
wishes to publish character assassina- 
tions based upon such sources, it should 
at least give the subject of the article the 
opportunity to respond to all the allega- 
tions, and then accurately report the re- 
sponses given. 

Richard V. Sandler 

Los Angeles, Calif. 

Overtaxed 

IACOB WEISBERC'S |UNE 10 COLUMN ON 
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tax-versus-balanced-budget issue is 
among the best I've seen in the period- 

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ical press ["The National Interest: Tax 
Cutups"]. There is, though, one small 
but critical inaccuracy in the piece. He 
writes that supply-side dogma holds 
that "if you lower tax rates, people will 
work and earn more, thus increasing 
tax revenues — despite the rather im- 
pressive evidence that their theory is 
wrong." 

The classical supply-side dogma in- 
stead holds that the law of diminishing 
returns applies to tax rates — which are 
the price of public goods and ser- 
vices — just as the law applies to market 
prices for goods and services in the pri- 
vate sector. Market competition forces 
producers to price their goods at an op- 
timum level before diminishing returns 
set in. This kind of competition can on- 
ly occur in the political realm when one 
party argues that rates should go high- 
er and the other argues that they 
should go lower. The system of democ- 
racy we have gives voters the choice on 
how to set maximum tax rates in dif- 
ferent situations. 

When Ronald Reagan campaigned in 
1980 and 1984 on arguments that tax 
rates were higher than they needed to 
be to produce a given level of revenue, 
he was elected by landslide propor- 
tions. In 1988, George Bush promised 
not to raise tax rates and to cut the cap- 
ital-gains tax if elected. He also won in 
a landslide. When he broke his 
promise, he was defeated by President 
Clinton, who campaigned in 1992 
promising a tax cut. 

Supply-side theory continues to sug- 
gest that tax rates are much higher than 
they need to be in a few areas — particu- 
larly in the tax on capital gains, which is 
now effectively higher than at any time 
in U.S. history. This problem can be cor- 
rected for the most part simply by in- 
dexing gains against inflation, which 
both political parties say they would like 
to do but can't because the issue gets 
snarled in legislative gridlock involving 
other issues. It is not at all clear, though, 
that gasoline-tax rates are too high, giv- 
en the law of diminishing returns. Sup- 
ply-side dogma, you see, has subtleties 
along with its simplicities. 

Jude Wanniski 
Washington, D.C. 

Women's Wear 

hello? paging 1996 . . . i hate to be 
the one to break the news, but last time 
1 looked, there were women, even pow- 
er women, in the workplace, too. I am a 
female attorney in a large New York 
City law firm, and I suffer through the 
"giant lie" of casual Friday no less than 
your "five power guys" do ("Fear of Fri- 



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LETTERS 

day," June 10]. In fact, we power 
women have it worse than the men: 
Should we wear panty hose, or go with- 
out? Is it appropriate to wear a sun- 
dress? Is sleeveless too sexy? As far as 
I'm concerned, men have it easy on ca- 
sual Fridays. They simply throw on a 
button-down shirt and a pair of slacks. 
No problem. 

Lauren S. Cahn 
Manhattan 



Off the Map 



I READ WITH AMAZEMENT IN "RUDY'S COP" 

[by Robert Sabbag, |une 3] that Hon- 
duras is located in South America! Is 
this the result of the less-than-perfect ge- 
ography knowledge of the article's au- 
thor — and of his editor — or the sign of a 
new New York "geographic reality," 
where all places below Miami are in 
South America? 

Is anyone watching the map? 

Miron Abramovici 
Cliffside Park, N.J. 

Phantom Appearance 

TSK. YOU GUYS CAN BE SO RAREFIED 
sometimes ["Cue: Movies"]. The Phan- 
tom is a comic-strip character (newspa- 
pers, that is) begun in the mid-thir- 
ties — not one that originated or even 
meaningfully established residence in 
comic books. 

Richard Howell 
Leonia, N.I. 

Replacement Politics 

THE CONIECTURES REPORTED BY ED 
Shanahan ["Gotham: The Albanian 
Candidate," |une 24-|uly 1] concern- 
ing the replacement of Betsy Mc- 
Caughey Ross failed to take into ac- 
count that the New York State Consti- 
tution does not provide for the 
replacement of the lieutenant gover- 
nor. In the event of a vacancy, the du- 
ties are to be performed by the tempo- 
rary president of the State Senate. In 
the event of vacancy in both offices, 
the temporary president of the Senate 
acts as governor until a new governor 
and lieutenant governor are elected for 
the remainder of the term at the next 
regularly scheduled election. 

Dorothy E. Mancusi 
Albany, N.Y. 

Correction "The Battle of Fort Totten" 
("Gotham," by Chris Kincade, [une 
24-|uly 1) misidentified the library 
where Robert Friedrich works. It is the 
central branch of the Queens Borough 
Public Library. h 



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POLITICS AS USUAL 
AT THE HEW YORKER 

On the shortest list to replace 
Michael Kelly as The New York- 
er's political writer: Newsweek 
columnist (and alleged multi- 
millionaire Primary Colors au- 
thor) Joe Klein. 
Both magazines' 
editors are said 
to be fervently 
making nice to 
Klein. Among 
the top con- 
tenders for Kel- 
ly's slot are At- 
lantic Monthly 
Nicholas Lemann, 
Post media re- 
porter Howard Kurtz, The New 
Republic senior editor Robert 
Wright, and Washington Post 
staff writer Katherine Boo. But 
Newsweek is not about to give 
up its star political writer with- 
out a fight. "Now that [Joe's] 
rich," says one of his current 
colleagues, "we can't use mere 




Klein: Primary 
candidate 

contributor 
Washington 



PITTMAN DIVORCE HITS A SANDY PATCH 

The break-up of MTV multimillionaire Bob Pittman and Ever- 
est-survivor Sandy Hill Prttman is about to get even nastier. The 
beleaguered Mrs. Pittman just traded in her suburban-model 
lawyer, Michael Cancellare of Dix Hills, for the higher-voltage 
Manhattanite Robert Stephan Cohen. Cancellare won't comment, 
but sources claim he had barely started working out a financial 
settlement with Bob's attorney, David Aronson, when he got the 
ax. Word is that the oft-traveling Sandy is worried about a 
custody battle over her 13-year-old son, Bo, although a close 
friend of the couple's insists that custody will not be an issue. 
"This one is going to be all about money," predicts another 
friend. Meanwhile, Sandy is also facing a battle on the public 
front: The August Vanity Fair reports that Anatoli Boukreev, a 
Russian mountaineer, "half carried, half dragged Sandy 
Pittman back to camp" during that fatal Everest blizzard, sav- 
ing her life — a fact that Pittman has never mentioned in her 
voluminous reporting on the trip. According to writer Jennet 
Conant, the wry Boukreev later dismissed Pittman to other 
climbers as "Princess Sandy. Very rich, very spoiled." 

money to keep him." Says 
Klein carefully: "I'm flattered 
that my name would be on the 
list to replace Kelly." Kelly, who 
has been named editor of The 
New Republic, won't be 
switching mastheads until after 
the election. 




IS CHARLES GRODIN CNBC-SICK? 

He's handled everyone from Kathie Lee Grfford to a 200-pound 
Saint Bernard, but the interestingly odd talk-show host Charles 
Grodin may have met his match at CNBC. For months, there 
have been rumors of the Beethoven star's growing dissatisfac- 
tion with the cable network and its new president, Bill Bolster, 
who was brought in to replace Roger Ailes, after the latter fled to 
Rupert Murdoch's crypto-conservative cable news channel. 
Though Grodin 's contract expires next October, he remains un- 
signed, and so far things aren't looking good. According to a 
source close to Grodin and CNBC, Bolster regularly "went bal- 
listic" at senior staff meetings, "screaming about Grodin's salary 
and blaming him for killing the ratings." The situation went 
from bad to worse when recently appointed program chief Bruno 
Cohen was brought in to placate the troubled star. "To his face, 
Bruno would tell Chuck, 'We love you,' but behind his back, 
they're slaying him," says one CNBC source. Furthermore, ac- 
cording to a recently departed executive, the troubles at the net- 
work don't end with Grodin. "It's a jailbreak over there," he 
says, "I know at least 20 or 30 people who were lucky enough 
to escape. I wouldn't be surprised if Grodin was next." Calls to 
Grodin and CNBC were not returned. 



RUDY'S GROSS OUT; 
TRASHY ART 

THE KILLING FIELDS: Is 

Anderson. Kill & Olick's open 
door to the mayor's office 
about to swing shut? The law 
firm, which employed Rudy Giu- 
liani before he took office, cur- 
rently employs Rudy's cam- 
paign treasurer, John Gross, 
among other Rudy allies. But 
the recent defection of top gun 
Jeroid Oshinsky and close to 40 
other attorneys has left the 
firm reeling. The latest casual- 
ty may be Gross himself, who, 
sources say, is soon planning to 
depart for rival Proskauer, 
Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn. 
Gross declined to comment on 
the report. 

ART-BROKEN: When East 
Village installation artist Larry 
Krone got a chance to partici- 
pate in the Alliance for Down- 
town New York's Art Ex- 
change Show last month, he 
saw the perfect opportunity to 
showcase his interactive sculp- 
ture / Can't Drink Enough. 
But when the artist showed up 



Sandy Hill Pittman: 
Steep pique 



Charles Grodin: 
Bullied by Bolster 

after the festivities to reclaim 
his work, he was greeted with 
a nasty surprise. The piece, a 
collection of freestanding bot- 
tles containing messages, had 
been carted off by the show's 
cleaning crew, who under- 
standably mistook it for the 
ravages of the previous night's 
cocktail opening. "I came in 
and was like, Uh, where's my 
work?" says a confounded 
Krone. "They just told me to 
loQk in the recycling bin." A 
broken-up Krone plans to take 
his case to small-claims court. 

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cus and Mark Jacobs. 



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America is back, to approximately 1957. 

he good old days, these days, were the fifties, a time when 
teenagers drank malt with milk, not liquor, a time when a car could 
never be too big, a time when you could treat black people just a 
smidge less than human and not feel too terribly bad about it. 

Post, but in the fifties, Gypsy Rose Lee inspired 
a hit Broadway musical and hosted her own 
television talk show. 

cigars Joey Buttafuoco lit one up on the front 
page of the Post last week, Pamela Anderson 
Lee's newborn sucks one in his baby picture, 
and Independence Day ends with cigars all 
around, but the most conspicuous sign of the 
stogie revival — premium sales up 44 percent 
this year, after a 30 percent increase in 1 995 — 
was, tellingly, the $574,500 paid for JFK's hu- 
midor, inscribed by Milton Berle, who was the 
fifties and whose cigar will one day be in the 
Smithsonian. 

cocktails Martini bars and cocktail parties 
featuring retro lounge music have replaced 
raves and mosh pits, say freelance writers who 
follow young people around. As one twen- 
tysomething told her bewildered former-hippie- 
tumed-joumalist mom, "It's a hip-to-be-square 
kinda thing." 

funny monkeys Cf. 1 996's Ed and Dun- 
ston Checks In with Bedtime for Bonzo 
( 1 95 1 ) and Bonzo Goes to College ( 1 952). 
DOCS Why we have never been so 
enamored of an animal, one New 
York-based weekly subtitled Mar- 
jorie Garber's "Dog Days" essay last 
week, perhaps forgetting Lassie and 
Rin Tin Tin. Garber herself acknowl- 
edges it, in a nineties kind of way: "If 
the dog brings back the fifties in a 
miniaturized form, it's because the 
dog is what we would have liked to 
have been to our parents: totally lov- 
able, totally loved." 

Yikes. Surely all this doesn't 
mean that. Perhaps it means only 
that this would be an excellent time 
to invest in clown paintings and tiki lamps, 
or, maybe, it means nothing at all. 



Ah, those hi-fi 3-D gray-flanneled service- 
with-a-smile days! So powerful is the pull of the 
pre-fab fifties that Bob Dole often appears to be 
living there, particularly when talking about 
popular culture or tobacco. Certainly, compar- 
ing smoking a cigarette to drinking a long cold 
glass of milk would not have seemed very jarring 
back then. And so perhaps it augurs well for a 
Dole presidency that America has, not quite 
consciously, returned to those days even while 
lamenting that they're gone forever. That special 
fifties feeling — the sense that anything is possi- 
ble unless, you know, there's a nuclear holo- 
caust — is missing, but all the icons are back. 

alien invasions The media tripped over itself 
last week trying to make meaningful the hype it 
had generated for Independence Day. Time, 
like Newsweek, focused on the issue of science 
fiction as a trend (see page 15), producing this 
near-perfect newsweekly pronouncement: "The 
Zeitgeistiest [TV] programs, however, tap in- 
to a pop persecution mania." Yet all the Zeit- 
gientists failed to notice that Independence 
Day is actually just a remake of the 1953 
movie version of War of the Worlds, with- 
out the clever ending. 

strippers Strippers may be appear- 
ing in every third Hollywood movie 
and giving workout tips in 
the Sunday 




HAIR NET In a recent sweep of 
125th Street, eleven stylists 
were arrested for soliciting 
business too obnoxiously — 
which, according to local 
residents, is no mere fashion 
crime. "It's hard to describe 
the intensity of it. It's a 
constant bombardment. 
'Miss, you want hair braid? 
Miss, you want hair braid?' A 
woman told me, 'I don't want 
to walk on that side of the 
street because there's so 
much hair there it gets in my 
shoes,' " Barbara Askins, the 
president of the 125th Street 
Business Improvement 
District, told Sew York. 

EYE JOB "Oh no, we weren't 
surprised at all. ... All kinds 
of people want them. Oakleys 
are incredibly popular right 
now, because they're wrap, 
because they're trendy, and 
because Michael Jordan 
wears them" — Tania 
Ceravola, manager of the 
Optical Exchange eyeglasses 
shop at 77th and Broadway, 
on the arrest of two men who 
were discovered trying to fish 
a pair of Oakleys 
out of the store 
using a wire stuck 
through a crack in 
the door 

M0T0RMOUTH Tony / 
Randall, never one L 
to deny either his , 
civic duty or his 
stereotyped 
neatness, is back on 
Broadway — supplying the 
audio component of a new 
street-cleaning device being 
used in Times Square. "They 
told me there was going to 
be such a thing — and I've 
never seen one — and would I 
be the voice of it. And I was 
very amused," Randall told 
New York, although he says 
he can't recall what he said 
in the recording. "Anything 
for New York, I'd do," 
Randall added. 



JULY 15, I996 NEW YORK 1} 




Crime 

KILL THY NEIGHBOR 

BILL WOLFE LEFT A PILE OF DIRTY DISHES IN 

his sink. It was Saturday afternoon, 
Memorial Day weekend, and he must 
have figured that they'd keep. Living with 
his cat, Wolfe occupied the one-bedroom 
first-floor apartment of a classic brown- 
stone in Hoboken. The long, narrow 
floor-through was configured to uniquely 
suit his priorities. The sofa was tatty, the 
bedroom small, but the place was not 
about that; it was about the $10,000 
stereo system, the Sony 35-inch televi- 
sion, the seven speakers, the 3,000 com- 
pact disks. In the center of the main room 
resided a comfortable, well-worn leather 
chair. Situated to provide Wolfe with the 
best possible fidelity from his man-size 
speakers, it supported a remote-control 
device on each arm and would later be 
characterized as "Mr. Wolfe's throne" by a 
cop who visited the apartment. 

As editor-in-chief of Hachette Filipacci 
Magazines' Video and Car Stereo Review, 
Wolfe was not among the highest-paid 
editors in town, nor did he enjoy any of 
the glamour bestowed upon his counter- 
parts at the publisher's George, Elle, and 
Premiere. But he didn't really care about 
those things. His job provided him with 
one essential perk: access to free and dis- 
counted state-of-the-art stereo gear. 

Planning to spend that Saturday 
evening, Sunday, and Monday with friends 
and relatives in his hometown of West- 
port, Wolfe had put aside freshly laun- 
dered shirts and pants to wear during the 
visit. He left them hanging, still in their 
cleaner's clear-plastic wrapping, on a door- 
knob of the bedroom's armoire. Walking 
past his laser-disc player, from which up- 



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stairs neighbors had become accustomed 
to overhearing dialogue of the vintage 
movies that Wolfe favored, he stepped out 
the front door of his apartment, locking it 
behind him and proceeding through the 
brownstone's frosted-glass entryway. 
Parked in front of the building was Wolfe's 
blue Subaru, ten years old and well-main- 
tained. The tall, thin, bespectacled 36- 
year-old slid into the driver's seat, started 
the engine, and proceeded to run a couple 
of errands. Once they were completed, he 
figured, he'd return to the apartment, pick 
up his clothing, and be off. 

From his garden-level apartment, a 
floor below Wolfe's, Aldo Del Re noticed 
that Wolfe had left. A burly, thick-waisted 
man of 40 years, described by one neigh- 
bor as a "laid-back person who liked to 
drink beer and smoke a little bit of dope," 
Del Re was in debt. Nearly three months 
before, he'd been laid off from his job as 
a clerk on the New York Mercantile Ex- 
change's crude-oil desk, where he an- 
swered phones and facilitated orders for 
Rafferty Bank. This was the fourth Wall 



Street post (and the second at Rafferty) 
that Del Re had lost in the past five years. 
Unpaid bills were piling up, and, as his 
telephone records show, he'd been having 
numerous dealings with collection agents. 
His live-in girlfriend, Alba Caglioti, who 
had just departed on a trip home to the 
Dominican Republic, left Del Re with 
$3,300 in cash. The money, presumably, 
was to be put toward paying bills. 

However, Aldo Del Re had a problem: 
His girlfriend's $3,300 was gone. Only 
twelve hours before, at 3:49 a.m., Del Re 
had telephoned the Hoboken Police De- 
partment and reported that the money had 
been stolen from his dresser drawer as he 
showered (police made a cursory inspec- 
tion but found no evidence of a burglary). 
A law-enforcement source would later hy- 
pothesize that Del Re made this call in or- 
der to account for the missing cash: "He 
[may have] blown the $3,300 on a drug or 
gambling binge. Then he was afraid that 
his girlfriend would find out, get pissed at 
him, and leave. Alba has quite the fiery 
disposition, you know." Indeed, a neigh- 
bor recounted that on more than one oc- 
casion, "you could hear Aldo and Alba 
yelling and throwing stuff around the 
apartment." Wolfe had complained to a 
friend about the ongoing racket, though 
there is no indication that he ever con- 
fronted Del Re about it — or that the two 
men even had more than a nodding ac- 
quaintance. "I'm sure that when [Del Re] 
got loud. Bill responded by turning up his 
stereo," said Michael Smolen, Wolfe's 
longtime friend and a former executive ed- 
itor at Stereo Rex'iew. 

Well aware of the electronic booty up- 
stairs — besides being audible, it was visi- 
ble through a French door that opened on- 
to Wolfe's fire escape — and believing that 




Hudson Street, 5:30 p.m., Sunday, June 30, after the Gay Pride parade, photographed by Michael Ackerman. 



14 NEW YORK JULY 15, 1996 



his neighbor had left for the weekend, Del 
Re made his move. Emboldened, perhaps, 
by a recently consumed cocktail of Xanax 
and liquor, he climbed up the building's 
fire escape and used a diving knife to pop 
the lock on Wolfe's rear door. Stepping in- 
side the apartment, Del Re turned to face 
an amphead extravaganza: the Marantz 
CD player, the Sony and Onkyo ampli- 
fiers, all those speakers. 

As he stood among Wolfe's valuables, 
Del Re must have realized, perhaps for the 
first time, just how different his life was 
from his neighbor's: Del Re had been ar- 
rested for shoplifting in 1990, had served 
time in at least one alcohol/sub- 
stance-abuse program, had nothing and, 
it seemed, little prospect of a better future. 

Wolfe, in contrast, lived in this lap of 
electronic luxury, with as many material 
possessions as his apartment could hold. 
He was a hard-driving and well-regarded 
editor whom colleagues viewed as wry and 
conscientious, if a bit withdrawn. Despite 



occasional relationships with women, he 
seemed to be overridingly interested in the 
high-end audio goodies and promotional 
CDs that neighbors regularly saw him 
bringing home. Occasionally, Wolfe raced 
around the streets of Hoboken behind the 
wheel of a Ferrari or Lamborghini on loan 
from a manufacturer eager to have its car 
stereo tested in style. Hachette's editorial 
director, Jean-Louis Ginibre, viewed Wolfe 
as a rising star: "He was being groomed for 
bigger and better things." 

Del Re neatly stacked components of 
the stereo system alongside the doorjamb, 
tightly wrapping their cords and wires for 
safe carrying. He was just about to make a 
successful exit when he heard a discon- 
certing sound: the turning of a lock's tum- 
blers. Wolfe opened his apartment door 
and stepped inside, startling Del Re and 
setting off a physical confrontation that 
progressed into the adjacent bedroom. 
Wolfe attempted to fight back, leaving 
scratch marks on Del Re's hands, but he 



was no match for his neighbor, who out- 
weighed him by a good 50 pounds. In the 
end, Wolfe was on his bed with 40 stab 
wounds in his chest and arms. Del Re 
swaddled Wolfe's body in sheets and re- 
treated downstairs to his apartment. He 
left the stereo equipment behind. 

The weekend passed, and tenants on 
the upper floors began to notice a strong 
odor emanating from Wolfe's door. Inside 
the apartment, answering-machine mes- 
sages piled up: Bill? Are you there? We 
missed you this weekend. Please call, just 
to let us know that you 're all right. Del Re 
remained in his apartment, knowing that 
the man he'd killed lay directly overhead. 

That following Wednesday, the Hudson 
County Prosecutor's Office received a vis- 
it from Aldo Del Re and his attorney. Del 
Re confessed to the killing of Bill Wolfe, 
continually misidentifying him as "Steve 
Wolfe." During an interview with Hudson 
County investigators, Del Re claimed that 
Wolfe had stolen the $3,300. In response. 



........ 

This Week in Hewstime 



Time and Newsweek often agree on the top story of the week, particularly when 
the choices include a deadly terrorist attack against U.S. soldiers in the Persian 
Gulf; accusations of sex, drugs, and security breaches in the White House; or a 
new movie coming out. What the two newsweeklies don't agree on is why. 
"Maybe they're desperate for newsstand over there," suggested Newsweek edi- 
tor May nard Parker. "They just did Twister on the cover [in May]. Why else are 
they going to the movie well so often?" Time deputy managing editor Jim Kelly of- 
fered a more sinister explanation for the cover convergence. "Obviously, the peo- 
ple who work at Newsweek are controlled by aliens," he said. "How else could 
they know what we were doing?" Those differences aside, it appears that behind 
the nearly identical cover choices lay a strikingly similar news-judgment process. 




Why put Independence 
Day on the cover? 



Why not the bombing of 
American soldiers in 
Saudi Arabia? 



What about former FBI 
agent Gary Aldrich's 
charges against the 
Clinton administration? 



NEWSWEEK 

"This is a story about a social trend — when we 
do something like this we always try to do 
more than just the movie itself. There's the 
holiday weekend, so a lot of people arc going 
to be sitting on the beach. Independence Day 
opens this week, and it was a good jumping- 
off point for our story." 

"Every day, you come in and look at what the 
story is. what you have on the story, what oth- 
er people have on the story, and where the sto- 
ry is going. Saudi Arabia might have gone. If 
the culprits had been captured or even if they 
even had suspects, we might have been tempt- 
ed. But by the time we closed on Friday, it did 
not look like that was going to happen." 

"I would have been more interested in a lean 
Houston story [Hillary Clinton's supposed gu- 
ru]. There wasn't enough there. | Regardless, | 
we wouldn't have done that because last week 
we ran the Woodward Ibook] excerpt | where 
the Houston story was first floated |." 



TIME 

"Independence Day has been getting a lot of 
buzz. Certainly The X-Files is a very popular 
show. The cover was not about Independence 
Day; it was about a trend. This is a good news- 
magazine cover story, and we happened to run 
into each other. Luckily, we did not have the 
same image." 

"Saudi Arabia is an important story. But we 
knew that when we came out this week, it 
would also be covered by the dailies and TV. 
By Friday, we felt we could handle it well 
enough in the five pages we devoted to it." 



"The feeling around here is that that [ Aldrich] 
book is a raw file, and so much of it would 
never make it into the pages of our magazine. 
Mostly, it would not pass our checking staff. 
We decided to not give it that much attention." 



JULY 15, I996 NEW YORK 15 




THE SCENE 



Eine Kleine 
Shtetlmuzik 

At Radio City Music Hall after "Itzbak 
Perlman in the Fiddler's House. " 




By Ariel Kaminer 

Photographed by Patrick McMullan 

KLEZMKR— THE RAUCOUS, EXUBER- 
ant centurics-old music of 
Eastern European Jewish 
peasants — takes a considerable 
toll on its audience. "You just 
turn on the lights and get 'em to dance. 
The music demands it." said I lankus 
Netsky of the Klezmcr Conservatory 
Band. The very twentieth-century- 
American audience, in turn, was every 
bit as demanding after the show. 

"Yellow passes, orange laminate." 
someone vaguely official yelled over 
the heads of the crowd. "Yellow 
passes and orange laminate only to 
get backstage. Folks, would you just 
listen . . ." 

No use. "Check the list, just check the 
"I'm Judy Druckcr's friend." 

"Yeah, it's a scene," said Frank London, surveying the highly eclectic crowd. 
"So what are we? The anarchist-Communist parly contingent?" His band, the 
Klezmaties, usually visits venues much farther downtown. 
"The black hats and the purple hats." said Alicia Svigals. noting her 
bandmate's not-quite-Orthodox headwear. 

"I used to listen to this music in the shtetl," said 
Celia Ores. "And in the old country, it was never so 
good. Perlman doesn't accept any slouchers." 

"I've never been in an old country : I'm from Israel." 
said Perlman. the violin's mark still visible on his neck. 
"Back then it was just like any concert. I suppose. 
After, you sit. you drink, you eat. Except tomorrow we 
have to make a recording, so tonight. I just sleep." 



Top, drummer David Licht of the Andy Statman 
Klezmer Orchestra, Licht's son Jacob, and Kzhak 
Perlman at the reception following their Radio 
City performance. At the Pierpont Morgan Library 
party for Peter Duchin's book, Ghost of a Chance: 
Renata Adler, Duchin, and Betty Comden raise a 
glass (above), and Peter Gallagher favors the 
crowd with a tune (below right). 

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At the New York Stock Exchange, for a party celebrating the 
premiere of Columbia Picture's Multiplicity, Mark Canton and his 
wife, Wendy Finerman, with Michael Keaton (above left) and co- 
star Andie MacDowell (below left). Below, Joan Almedilla and Emy 
Baysic, the former and current Kim in Miss Saigon, at the MCC 
Theatre Benefit at Metronome. 





Del Re said, he had broken into Wolfe's 
apartment to take the stereo equipment 
"hostage" until the money was returned. 
Claiming that Wolfe used his house key as 
a weapon, Del Re insisted that he had lit- 
tle choice but to defend himself with the 
diving knife. 

The story sounds suspect to police and 
ludicrous to those who knew Wolfe. "Bill 
didn't need anybody else's money," says 
Hachctte co-worker Mike Mettler. "He 
had more than he knew what to do with." 
In fact, at the time of his murder, Wolfe, 
who earned over $100,000, had three 
uncashed paychecks in his desk drawer. 
Furthermore, it seems unlikely that the 
mild-mannered Wolfe would grapple 
over stereo equipment. "Bill was in the 
biz," says his friend Michael Smolen. "He 
could have replaced that stuff as easily as 
replacing a glass of water." Police believe 
that Del Re simply overreacted when he 
was caught stealing by a victim who 
knew him. "This was fate at its absolute 
worst," says a law-enforcement source. 
"Had Mr. Wolfe walked into his apart- 
ment a few minutes later, the intruder 
would have been gone and it would have 
only been a robbery." 

A week later, neighbors watched as po- 
lice officers removed Wolfe's blood- 
stained mattress from the apartment. The 
couple directly upstairs from Wolfe, who 
had moved into the building only days be- 
fore the murder, had already begun looking 
for another place to live. The killer's girl- 
friend. Alba Caglioti, had returned to the 
basement home she shared with Del Re, 
joined now by several live-in guests. "They 
blast Alanis Morissette and drink beer on 
the roof," one tenant says. "They've laid 
out six mattresses in the backyard, with 
blankets and lanterns." Del Re, whose 
crime has received surprisingly scant me- 
dia attention, has been remanded to a 
Hudson County prison. Unable to make 
his $200,000 cash-only bail, he awaits tri- 
al later this summer: if convicted, prosecu- 
tors say, he could face the death penalty. In 
light of Del Re's confession, potential legal 
gambits would appear limited, though his 
attorney Robert Eisenberg put the best 
possible spin on the situation: "Aldo's con- 
fession shows that he is an honorable man. 
When the facts are fully disclosed, this will 
not be a first-degree murder." 

Beyond Hoboken, in the intense little 
world of Manhattan's professional audio 
buffs, the murder of Bill Wolfe has had a 
chilling effect. During the recent Hi Fi '96 
convention at the Waldorf Astoria, where 
there was talk of establishing an award in 
Wolfe's name (for drivers with exception- 
ally loud car stereos), attendees reflected 
on what had happened. "Now you know," 
one audiophile said, "why I never tell any- 
body about the kind of equipment I have." 

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Now that the Supreme Court has outlawed racial gerrymandering, New York 

congressional districts will likely be redrawn according to an older principle: power. 



IN THE MOVIES, IF YOU WANT TO GET A 
vampire off your back, you flash a sil- 
ver cross, right? In politics, if you 
want to see a legislator recoil in the 
same kind of horror, you show him a 
map of his district slightly redrawn. 
Nothing sends a legislator up a pole 
like the thought that one apartment 
complex, one block (My caseworker's 
cousins live on that block!), one patch of 
earth that a single potentially friendly vot- 
er calls home, might be shoved into an ad- 
jacent jurisdiction. You'd never know 
from their fulminations that most of these 
people coast to reelection every time out. 

Things get all the more complicated 
when you throw race into the mix. For 
decades, black neighborhoods were diced 
into little pieces so that blacks could not 



get elected — there are stories about the 
old Brooklyn boss Meade Esposito draw- 
ing bisecting lines through Bed-Stuy so 
that the black vote would be dispersed 
and thus defused. The Latino vote, as 
such, was not even a category for contem- 
plation in those days. Thus did the Great 
Society give birth to the 1965 Voting 
Rights Act, which proscribed the old slice 
and dice. Amendments passed in 1982 
took the corrective a step further, explicit- 
ly mandating creative gerrymandering in 
the name of forging "majority-minority" 
districts in which blacks and Latinos 
could elect one of their own, a process 



helped along by new software that could 
make racial and ethnic identifications on 
literally a block-by-block basis. Within a 
decade, the number of blacks and His- 
panics in Congress roughly doubled. 

THIS MOMENTUM |UST CAME TO A CRASHING 
halt. In a five-four decision, the Supreme 
Court said no. A plurality of the five — An- 
thony Kennedy, William Rehnquist. and 
Sandra Day O'Connor, writing— dictated 
that race couldn't be the main factor in 
drawing legislative districts. If legislators 
hate redistricting in the first place, they 
positively loathe the thought of having to 
do it unexpectedly between censuses. 

But so they might. Last week in federal 
court, litigators argued the fate of the 
Twelfth Congressional District in Brook- 



lyn — well, sort of in Brooklyn; it actually 
subsumes bits of three counties — current- 
ly represented by Democrat Nydia Ve- 
lazquez. The Twelfth was drawn in 1 992 
with the specific intent of being a majori- 
ty-Latino district. It was constitutional 
then, but suddenly it's on very shaky 
ground. "I think they did seem to recog- 
nize that this district is doomed," Robert 
Popper, the attorney who argued for its 
demise, says of the three federal judges 
who heard arguments. 

The Twelfth's minority population was 
"maximized," in the lingo, so that it is 54 
percent Latino and 1 3 percent black. To 



do so, it snakes erratically around the 
Brooklyn and Manhattan waterfronts, hic- 
cuping its way into Queens, with enough 
twists and turns and tiny incisions that it 
has a grand total of 8 1 3 sides. 

Not everyone agrees this is so bad. 
Arthur Baer, attorney for the Puerto Rican 
Legal Defense and Education Fund, ar- 
gues that the shape of the Twelfth doesn't 
represent "a substantial deviation from 
traditional districting." In other words, 
New York's districts — and this should sur- 
prise no one — have always been wacko. 
Baer says in the 1800s, one district 
jumped from Staten Island to Rockland 
County, and he argues that the 1992 re- 
districting was mainly a function of in- 
cumbent protection, not race. 

The goal of the 1982 amendments — 
maximizing the political power of the his- 
torically underpowered — is fine, but their 
theory, as this district shows, is fraught. 
Can it really be said that a Puerto Rican 
on the Lower East Side and a Colombian 
in Jackson Heights have a shared cultural 
identity? And even if they do. should that 
identity define their representation and 
take automatic precedence over their oth- 
er important identities — as neighbors, as 
members of a geographic community? 

Complicated questions. And there are 
strong arguments — from a liberal, inte- 
grationist perspective — that the goals of 
the Voting Rights Acts may be better 
served by grouping people of different 
ethnicities into districts together, in order 
to force multiracial coalition-building. 
Black and Latino concerns that white vot- 
ers won't vote for one of their number are 
real, but there are signs (David Dinkins, 
Doug Wilder, Harold Washington, Carl 
McCall) we're moving past that. 

Besides, the Supreme Court's plurality 
opinion does not deny the salience of race; 
it says race can be one of several factors in 
drawing districts. This means that rela- 
tively easy solutions, potentially, at least, 
present themselves — or would, if not for 
the redistricting-as-silver-cross factor. 

IN NEW YORK, THE SIMPLE SOLUTION IS THIS: 
Assuming the Twelfth is declared uncon- 
stitutional, just reduce the district's Latino 
population by about 1 0 percent and make 
it more compact. It would still be a large- 




Nydia Velazquez's Brooklyn seat is about to get hotter. 



l8 NEW YORK JULY 15, 1996 



Photograph by Richard B. Lcvinc. 



ly Hispanic district. Velazquez probably 
wouldn't be thrilled about it, but the fact 
is that she, or any future Hispanic candi- 
date, would remain a prohibitive favorite. 
Even Popper acknowledges: "I don't think 
you could successfully sue to prevent it." 

But of course you can't change just one 
set of boundaries. "Districting is like a 
cat's cradle," says political consultant Nor- 
man Adler. "You move one string, all the 
others come into play." 

A few weeks ago, State Assembly 
Speaker Sheldon Silver called together 
Velazquez, Congresswoman Carolyn Mal- 
oney, and Congressman Tom Manton. All 
four are Democrats. Silver was trying to 
broker an arrangement among the three 
whereby Maloney, whose Manhattan- 
based district includes pieces of Brooklyn 
and Queens, and Manton, whose Queens- 
based district runs into the Bronx, would 
agree to absorb small portions of the 
Twelfth's Latino population and in return 
give up some white voters to the Twelfth. 
The meeting, sources say, went well 
enough. "I'm certainly willing to work to 
accommodate Nydia," says Maloney. 

But the sketchy "three-district solu- 
tion," as it's been called, may not work so 
well when the time comes to set about ac- 
tually doing it. Velazquez's district shares 



borders with six others, [erry Nadler, 
whose traditionally West Side Manhattan 
district now runs down to Coney Island, 
has common borders with Velazquez. 
Charles Schumer's district touches lightly 
on the Twelfth, and so do black Congress- 
men Major Owens's and Ed Towns's. 

Maloney and Manton might well won- 
der why the remedy has to come off their 
hides. It's generally agreed that Maloney 
beat longtime silk-stocking GOPer Bill 
Green in 1992 because the district was 
changed to include heavily Democratic 
outer-borough neighborhoods such as 
Greenpoint and Astoria, and she lives in 
mortal terror of having those cushions 
pulled out from under her. Manton, who 
two elections ago actually beat a Republi- 
can by only 14 percent (!) and had to 
spend $1 million doing it, no doubt feels 
he needs no more Republicans, thank 
you. Towns, meanwhile, hasn't had a close 
race in years in a district that's about 60 
percent black and 1 9 percent Latino. Re- 
portedly. Velazquez would prefer to pick 
up some of Towns's black voters, but he. 
needless to say, would rather die first. 

Who gets gored will depend, of course, 
less on voting-rights theories and formu- 
las than on plain old muscle. Manton, in 
addition to being a congressman, is a 



county leader and speaks a language of 
power that legislators understand. Schu- 
mer, the likely Democratic candidate for 
governor in 1998, is powerful and proba- 
bly untouchable. Towns's tendency to play 
ball is well established. Power plays are 
common, as was shown most aggressively 
in 1992 by then-congressman Steve So- 
larz, who had the unchecked gall to have 
Shimon Peres call then-Assembly speaker 
Saul Weprin and remind poor Weprin 
what an asset Steve was to Israel. 

THE THREE-IUDGE PANEL WILL RENDER ITS 
decision anytime now, and the betting is 
that the judges will declare the Twelfth 
District unconstitutional. What the pols 
really fear, though, is the possibility that 
the panel will call for new district lines for 
this fall's election. One congressman says 
the odds of that are "small," and he's 
probably right — nominating petitions are 
already out on the street, and it's highly 
unlikely that the state's contentious legis- 
lature could accomplish the task in time 
for the September 1 0 primary. 

But there could be a special election 
next year. In the meantime, the catfights 
will commence quietly. Racial diversity is 
a nice idea, but to an incumbent. Save my 
district! is a better one. h 




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WIMBLEDON IS STILL — 
amazingly — the most 
important annual sport- 
ing event in the world. 
No single golf tourna- 
ment has comparable 
prestige. Soccer does 
not have an annual rite, 
and as much as we treasure the Super 
Bowl and used to love the World Series, 
they are basically only our pastimes. I 
suspect the NBA Finals are soon to take 
over, but for now, the Big W still reigns. 

And it's still growing. In 1990, 71 
countries televised more than 2,000 
hours of tennis. Piffle. This year's num- 
bers aren't final yet, but last year more 
than 6,000 hours were beamed to 145 
countries. What are they watching? Why 
do they love it in Qatar? Why are they 
glued to their sets in Sao Tome? (I didn't 
know they had TV in Sao Tome. I didn't 
know we earthlings had a Sao Tome.) Do 
they have their own Bill Clinton? Do they 
have a Barbara Walters? And if they do, 
whom does she interview? 

Not only is Wimbledon important; it 
is also insane. It is played in a country — 
Britain — that hasn't produced a men's 
singles champion since the early days of 
Mussolini. It is played on a surface — 
grass — that drives the players nuts be- 
cause it is the only major championship 
to use the stuff. It is played in front of 
fans who queue up not just for days but 
for weeks to see not Paul and lohn but 
more likely Jacco and Magnus banging 
the ball at each other. 

This is being written on the middle 
Sunday, and whereas usually the first of 
the two weeks is nothing but preamble, 
this year not so — the crucial events have 



already taken place, in what may turn 
out to be the most important Wimble- 
don in memory. 

Andre Agassi and Monica Seles are the 
two most famous tennis players, both 
wonderful champions, sure, but known 
primarily for other things — Agassi for his 
image, Seles for her scars. Both players 
are long gone, Agassi having been 
knocked out in the first round, Seles in 
the second. Huge upsets, of course, and 
of course upsets do happen — that's why 
they play the games. But I would like to 
suggest there is something very different 
and very dangerous to sports at work 
here. And this is not meant to be critical 
of either player, as I am nutty about both, 
but I believe they lost for the same reason. 

Because they didn't, either of them, re- 
ally give a damn. Because Wimbledon, for 
neither of them, really mattered. 

Agassi came in without focus. You 
could tell, watching him; he simply wasn't 
there. And a shame, that, because when 
he is on his game, he is fabulous to watch. 
And he is beloved here. When he walked 
off the court in defeat, he did not look de- 
pressed as much as confused. A European 
friend of his talked to me about it: "You've 
got to understand something about An- 
dre — he's already accomplished his goals. 
Wimbledon? Won that. U.S. Open? Won 
that. No. 1 ranking? Did that. He never, 
not in all the years I've known him, voiced 
any desire to be remembered as the great- 
est player of all time." 

Seles came in fat. She visibly tired as 
she lost, and that's a shame, because at 19 
she was on her way to being one of the leg- 
ends. This is delicate to talk about, of 
course, because she is still very young and 
because in Hamburg in 1993, a Steffi Graf 



fan almost killed her on court. She stayed 
away for 27 months, and when she re- 
turned, not surprisingly, she was not fit. 
But that was many months ago, and she 
looked even more out of shape now. After 
her loss, articles appeared that she was 
now going to hire a full-time fitness coach. 

Okay, why were they both, in differing 
ways, unprepared? This was not, remem- 
ber, some satellite tournament in Little 
Rock. Not exactly because they are rich; 
all superstars today are rich. And not be- 
cause Agassi and Seles are in some way 
flawed — they're not, and this is about not 
Agassi and Seles but what's going on gen- 
erally in sports today. And what's going 
on is this: To be wealthy and famous and 
loved, you don't have to win anymore. 
Neither Agassi nor Seles lost an endorse- 
ment over being defeated. 

Worse, you don't even have to be good 
anymore. 

A few years back, Wimbledon pub- 
lished a magazine, Centre Court, celebrat- 
ing women's tennis. And on the inside 
cover is a full-page Rolex ad with, natu- 
rally, a picture of a female star. Who was 
in the Rolex ad? No, not Martina or 
Chrissie or Steffi or Little Mo Connolly. 
Not Lenglen or Court or Bueno or King. 

What great champion am I leaving out? 
Jennifer Capriati was the player Rolex 
paid to shill that year. Why? Not because 
of her Grand Slam triumphs but because 
she had been, in 1990, at the age of 14, 
the youngest player ever seeded at Wim- 
bledon. Well, come on, isn't that enough? 

Capriati was a millionaire before she 
ever went to rehab. 

Sampras and Graf: The last champions? Seles and 
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lieve this: Every teenager who jumped 
from high school or college already has a 
shoe contract and a clothing contract. 
Two years back, Milwaukee made Glenn 
Robinson the No. 1 pick and proceeded 
to have trouble signing him because he 
was demanding a $100 million contract. 
This before he'd ever missed a free throw. 
Kenny Anderson was outraged that the 
Nets had disrespected him. How? By of- 
fering him $40 million to play point 
guard for six years. 

I love it when athletes make money. 
These are their prime earning years; they 
should. And thank God for agents, be- 
cause without them, athletes would be 
used up and dumped, as they were for 
decades. I want Michael Jordan to sign a 
$100 million contract. 

Because he has done something. 
But the concept of value for money is 
sinking from sight: In the NBA, the giants 
of the Jordan era are on the far side of 
their careers. By 2000, they'll be retired. 
And we had better watch them closely, 
not just because they are great but be- 
cause of this: They may be the last ath- 
letes who had to be great to be successful. 

The remainder of Wimbledon will 
center on Graf and Sampras. Graf has a 
clear path to victory and will likely ^ 
add to her phenomenal record. She ho 
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major champions. She peaked at a g| 
time of amazing weakness in her 
field. Chrissie and Martina got old, 
Monica got stabbed, the other up-and- 
comers got high or got seriously injured. 
Not Grafs fault. She's still slugging 
away. And she's still standing. 

Sampras is on his way to being the 
greatest player of all time, on his way be- 
ing the operative phrase. If he stops now, 
no. But give him a few more years like 
the past few, and step aside. I've seen 
four great men in 50-plus years of clock- 
ing this stuff: Gonzales then Laver then 
Borg, now Pistol Pete. 

Like Michael Jordan, Sampras is a 
ridiculously talented athlete who works 
his ass off. And like |ordan, he has no 
flaw to his game, no weakness to attack. 
They were both three-time champions. 
Then Jordan added a fourth. I hope Sam- 
pras does, too. He has a sense of history. 
Laver is his idol. He dreams of someday 
earning the comparison. The media have 
not taken to him much — too "dull." 
(Someone should alert them that com- 
pared with Laver and Borg, he is class 
cutup.) But he wants terribly to be some- 
one who has done something. And we'd 
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THE BOTTOM LINE lA ME jJ CRAM E R 

Snapping Out of It 

Few realize it, but as the stock market lurches into the second half of the year, it 

does so with its sanity regained. How the madness ended, and why that's a good thing. 



THE STOCK MARKET'S SPECULA- 
tive balloon burst Thursday, 
May 23, at 6:38 p.m. I could 
feel the air rushing out of it at 
the time, but it's only now, 
looking back at my last six 
months' worth of trading, that 
I realize the market changed 
permanently that evening. For months 
the market had been frothy, and for 
weeks leading up to the end of May, every 
piece of junk known to man was taking 
off like a rocket. It didn't matter if com- 
panies had earnings, prod- 
uct, or, in the end, net worth. 
If it had a four-letter stock 
symbol — the signature of 
many over-the-counter mete- 
ors — it went higher. 

Everybody knew the bub- 
ble had to burst sometime. 
We just didn't know who'd 
step up to puncture it. Would 
it be Federal Reserve Board 
chairman Alan Greenspan, 
damping speculation with an 
interest-rate hike, as I haz- 
arded here a month ago? Or 
maybe the cool heads at 
Morgan Stanley or Merrill 
Lynch, breaking ranks with ^j— 
their fellow brokers by say- 
ing, Sell this stuff— it's over- 
valued. Or one of those gu- 
rus, a new Elaine Garzarelli, 
the Lehman Brothers analyst 
who called the top in '87, 
with a crowded-theater yell 
to head for the exits, on 
CNN's Moneyline. 

But it was none of the above. The un- 
likely answer came from John Luhtala, 
the chief financial officer of a little com- 
pany called SyQuest Technology, Inc. His 
first day on the job, Luhtala took a call 
from an inquiring reporter at Bloomberg 
News Service. The reporter, noting that 
shares of SyQuest, a maker of disk drives, 



had more than tripled in a week, from $4 
and change to nearly $18, asked Luhtala 
if he thought the stock had gotten ahead 
of itself. Mind you, any other typical late- 
nineties CFO of a publicly traded compa- 
ny would know this setup and answer 
with a patented "Not at all — our stock re- 
mains of great value," or a more toutish 
"We're going much higher." Even a "No 
comment" would have done the trick. But 
apparently no one had instructed Luhtala 
in the catechism of this ridiculous mar- 
ket: Never let the fundamentals get in the 




lames ). Cramer is a professional money man- 
ager who may have open positions and may 
trade in the stocks he writes about. Of the 
companies mentioned in this article, he owns 
shares of Microsoft and Intel. He can be 
reached via e-mail at jjcramerco@aol.com. 



way of a great stock. So like the kid in 
"The Emperor's New Clothes," he broke 
the conspiracy of silence, hitherto upheld 
by the mutual funds, the research ana- 
lysts, the stock-syndicate desks, and, of 
course, the insanely speculative share- 
holders themselves. He told the reporter 
the simple truth, that at this price, his 
company's stock didn't look cheap any- 
more. He mentioned that he had just got- 
ten off the phone with someone who had 
said, "I just bought your stock. Now I 
want to know what you do." Luhtala said 
dryly, "So much for sophisticated in- 
vestors. A number of people seem to be 



buying as part of a feeding frenzy." Show- 
ing rare fiduciary responsibility, he didn't 
want to create any misapprehensions 
about the company. Its "problems are still 
there," he said. (Like the fact that the 
company was losing millions of dollars 
every quarter, that its liabilities exceeded 
its assets and that it had been brushing 
up against insolvency.) As for the possi- 
bility of a takeover, he said he didn't know 
of any suitors and added, quite reason- 
ably, that SyQuest was much less of a 
takeover target at nearly $ 1 8 a share than 
it had been at $4. He said that 
the interest in the stock had 
come "as a bit of a surprise." 

PMfttttt 

Luhtala, who still has his 
job, later said he had been 
misquoted, but no matter. A 
/ great speculative rout had be- 

j gun, one that continues to this 

day, even though it goes rela- 
tively unreported by the off- 
line press: The public is com- 
ing to its senses and is realiz- 
ing that money can be lost, 
not just made, in playing the 
stock-market game. Luhtala 
didn't know that he was tak- 
ing on the whole daisy chain 
of speculators, fed through 
The Motley Fool, the grass- 
roots cheerleader on America 
Online; stoked by CNBC, 
which features mutual-fund 
managers with hot hands and 
often-overvalued stocks; and 
nurtured by the mystical 
Cabot Market Letter, the 
hype-happy tout sheet now under investi- 
gation by the SEC. For days, the under- 
ground market — the online chat boards, 
the fast-money traders, and the over-the- 
counter bandits — had been praising 
SyQuest as the next Iomega. Iomega, also 
a maker of disk drives, is the icon of this 
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comments were quickly picked up by CN- 
BC and echoed on The Motley Fool. 

The next morning, SyQuest opened al- 
most in half. Now it's trading at about $8. 
Its sisters in madness, led by Iomega 
(from $51.25 to $34.75 in three ses- 
sions), MRV Communications (from 
$80.50 to $40 in two weeks), Presstek 
(from $1 73.50 to $60 in two weeks), and 
Diana (from $120 to $82 in six trading 
days), came crashing down, too. And the 
speculative mind-set began to question it- 
self. Greed morphed into fear, and from 
that day on, many of those stocks with 
great share-price charts growing to the 
sky became just charts, and bad ones at 
that. For the next seven days in May, we 
experienced what amounted to a success- 
ful coup d'etat. The market's general prin- 
ciples were upheld. From that day for- 
ward, the stocks that have gone up have 
done so for rational reasons, not fan- 
tasies. There is still some denial going on 
in the online community. But on May 23, 
the 1995-96 speculative bull market 
died. The stock chartists know this. Hit 
up almost any of the charts of the once- 
lu hyped four-letter stocks, and you'll 
£ see that the downward trajectory be- 
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j ments. The easy money had been 
B made. And its sad corollary fol- 
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00 logic that all of us who've traded for 
ttj years know best: that the public, the 

last little guys in on the scheme, 
must be crushed in the end like so many 
bugs on the windshield. 

I know I sound like an embittered old 
geezer, a doomsayer. I know I can be eas- 
ily dismissed, as I was by my nurse when 

1 awoke in an anesthetic fog after recent 
knee surgery. As 1 stared up dreamily, she 
grabbed my chart and noted that it said 
"money manager." She said to me, "I was 
up huge on a stock called Iomega, but 
now I'm giving it all back. Should I aver- 
age down?" At the mention of Iomega, 
my haze cleared, and I pointed out that 
there wasn't enough anesthetic in the op- 
erating room to ease the pain she would 
surely feel from Iomega's eventual down- 
side plunge. Her face told me that she 
thought it was the epidural talking, and 
she moved on to the next babbling pa- 
tient. I hope she sold, though, because 
Iomega lost one third of its value in the 
next three trading days. 

The offline press hasn't quite caught 
on to this yet. Stories have run about the 
collapse of some of the more speculative 
stuff. But with uniform lack of insight, 
the reporters have rounded up the usual 
abstract suspects: higher interest rates, 
fretting that the Fed might raise rates fur- 
ther, inflation fears, earnings slowdowns. 
Sure, rates did climb at the end of May, 



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and a lot of tech companies warned of 
the annual summer slowdown occurring 
with a vengeance this year. Not to men- 
tion that plenty of money managers were 
up nicely and tried to lock in gains by 
selling off the wilder stocks. 

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cause calmer heads took the keys away 
from the intoxicated public before they 
cracked up too many of their IRAs and 
401 (k) plans. And there are a lot of Luh- 
talas out there who feel their stock has 
been overvalued. In recent months, cor- 
porate insiders at some of these compa- 
nies have feverishly attempted to cash in 
their own holdings. 

All of this is good news. I believe the 
crash of the speculators buys the overall 
bull market some more time. Although 
the madness didn't directly affect the 
Dow (ones Industrial Average, which is 
after all a collection of 30 huge compa- 
nies, it diverted money that otherwise 
might have poured into healthier stocks, 
and now will. So I'm sticking by my Dow 
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ginning of the year — give or take a few 
months and a couple of hundred points. 

What makes me bearish on the specu- 
lative stocks is precisely what makes me 
excited about the prospects for plain- 



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ot counting the off-days — when I'd gladly trade 50 IQ points 
to look like Claudia Schiffer — I'm usually pretty comfortable with 
my appearance. But sometimes I look in the mirror and this is 
what I see: a chin that's a bit too sharp, a nose that's a little too 
big, lips that could stand to be fuller, and narrow eyes under heavy 
lids. A recent ten-pound weight loss (currently, I'm 1 18 pounds, 
five foot six, and 28 years old) has left me with a less perky bust- 
line, and my inner and outer thighs doggedly resist every attempt 
at firming. ♦ At these moments, Pm intrigued by the idea of cos- 
metic surgery. I pinch the poochy flesh on my thighs and think, 
Why not? But then as I consider it further, I wade through a heap 
of reservations, and end up sinking into self-recrimination. ♦ 
Mainstreamed as cosmetic surgery has become, we're still not ter- 
ribly kind about those who choose to get it. In a country built on 



tom-made silicone implants into the forehead of Orlan, the 
French performance artist whose oeuvre is her own body — 
Orlan undergoes various operations to make her body parts 
resemble those in famous works of art. The forehead im- 
plants were to give her a Mona Lisa-like brow. I ask Dr. 
Cramer what she thought of Orlan and the work she'd done 
with her. "It was interesting," she says very carefully. "It re- 
ally allowed me to grow as a surgeon." Pause. "Because I 
don't usually do such unusual procedures." Pause. "But I 
think such extreme body modification is a little weird." 

She gives me no guff about my list of proposed changes. 
We start the consultation at the top: For my eyelids, she rec- 
ommends an upper-lid blepharoplasty. The procedure in- 
volves making an incision along the natural crease of the 
lids, then separating the skin from the muscle and fatty tis- 
sue underneath and removing the excess skin and fat that 
cause the brooding heaviness. Then, with fine sutures, the 
incisions are closed. She says that since my forehead is 
rather high, I could opt for a brow lift instead, which would 
have a similar eye-opening effect, but that, in her estimation, 
blepharoplasty would give me a better result. 

On to the nose: "You've got a great profile and tip projec- 
tion," she raves, "but the bridge would look better if it were 
thinner." To do this, she'd do an open rhinoplasty — making 
an incision between the nostrils and literally lifting the nose 
open like the hood of a car. Then the bones would be re-bro- 
ken and pushed together. After the procedure was done, a 
splint would be placed on the nose for a week after the 
surgery. Having already had reconstructive surgery on a bro- 
ken nose, I know this means at least a week of black eyes. 

Lip augmentation, when overambitious, can be a terrible 
sight to behold, as evidenced by certain actresses and fa- 
mous ex-wives whose mouths are so spongy, they look as if 
they're stuffed with Nerf balls. But I'm curious whether Dr. 
Cramer thinks it would be right for me. She suggests a per- 
manent augmentation called a "V-Y plasty," wherein small, 
v-shaped cuts are made in the inner lip, then stitches are 
placed behind the cuts to push the tissue forward, literally 
turning the lips inside out. It'll leave me with stitches in my 



second chances and on the credo that we must labor for that 
which we desire, it's odd that the only wholly acceptable 
beauty is the kind which is the product of good breeding. 
I'm no different in that respect, really. I see a finely tuned 
matron on Fifth Avenue and find myself thinking, snarkily, 
"I'll bet she's had some work done." Such hypocritical dis- 
dain! With bleached blonde hair and an unnatural attach- 
ment to my WonderBra, I'm not going to win many points 
for realness myself. 

Ultimately, cosmetic surgery is not a serious consideration 
for me. Right now, 1 know I don't really feel like I need any. 
Still, who among us does not possess some curiosity about 
just how radically our appearance could be changed under 
the knife? It's a kind of aesthetic upward mobility. And I'm 
more than a little curious about how far the surgeons are 
willing to go in accommodating their patients' dreams. 

So I do some investigation. Since I have no system of re- 
ferral, no network of nipped-'n'-tucked friends to send me to 
"their guy," I comb magazines and the Yellow Pages and pick 
whoever seems promising. No easy feat, since there are more 
than 100 cosmetic surgeons listed in the Manhattan directo- 
ry. I make a laundry list of my hypothetical trouble spots — 
eyelids, nose, lips, chin, breasts, thighs — then make a few 
phone calls, and start shopping. 

My first consultation is with Dr. Marjorie Cramer. One 
thing you can say about Dr. Cramer is that she knows her 
market. On a tea cart in her mauve-and-gray waiting room is 
a pot of herbal tea, water, and a dish of cookies, with the nu- 
trition-information label carefully clipped from the box and 
propped in the dish so her patients can snack with assurance 
that the cookies are fat-free and only 60 calories apiece. 

Her assistant parks me in an examining room and leaves 
me to strip down to my drawers and put on a fancy mauve 
cotton robe, monogrammed with Cramer's logo on the 
breast pocket. After a long time, Cramer enters the room, all 
stunning stature topped with bobbed salt-and-pepper hair. I 
warm to her presence right away — easy smile, slight brogue. 

I've been intrigued by Dr. Cramer ever since I saw her in 
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swollen lips for four days to two weeks, but Cramer feels 
the discomfort is worth it for a permanent change. She dis- 
courages me when I ask her about the other, more common 
forms of (temporary) lip augmentation — injections of ei- 
ther fat or collagen — as she thinks collagen doesn't last 
long enough and fat is too hard to place symmetrically be- 
cause of its lumpiness. 

We move our discussion to parts below the neck, and I 
open my robe so she can have a look. "I wouldn't do a breast 
lift on you," she says, "because the scars would be so large 
and unattractive, they'd outweigh the benefits on someone 
like you who has minimal 'fold.' " (Fold. My breasts don't 
sag; they have fold.) As an alternative, she suggests saline 
implants. "The implants won't lift your 
breasts, but it will fill them out," she ex- 
plains. Saline implants are thought to be 
safer than those filled with silicone gel, 
which were taken off the market for use 
in breast augmentation in 1995, but I'm 
extremely wary of the concept. 

"On you, I'd insert the implants sub- 
glandularly, since you have enough tis- 
sue to conceal the contour of the im- 
plant. On very small-breasted or skinny 
women, they'd go under the muscle," 
she says, adding that sub-muscular im- 
plants are bad for active women like me, 
because during strenuous upper-body 
exertion, the implant silhouette can be- 
come visible. I've seen this myself, when 
an athletic friend did dumbbell flies, 
causing her pectoralis muscles to con- 
tract and shift her implant over toward 
her armpit like she was laterally flexing 
her breast. Dr. Cramer continues, "I'd 
insert the implants through an incision 
in the crease under each breast, because 
that's the most direct route of access. It 
also leaves the least-visible scar and cre- 
ates the least risk of loss of sensation." 
Once the bandages came off following 
the surgery. I'd have to wear a special 
support garment and refrain from lifting 
my arms for two weeks. 

She pronounces my thighs viable can- 
didates for liposuction, and thinks my 
"banana roll" (the swag of thigh flab just 
below the buttock) could go as well. I'm 
worried about the visibility of the scars, 
but she assures me she'll make the inci- 
sions in my bikini area (if 1 show her 
what type of panties I wear, she'll make 
sure the scars can be concealed by the 
cut) and in my buttock crease. After- 
wards, I'll have to wear a compression garment for four 
days, and be mighty bruised and swollen for a week or more. 

She strongly discourages any sort of chin reduction. "With 
your high forehead and well-balanced profile, reducing your 
chin will make it too small for your face," she says. I think 
my chin is sharp enough to chip ice, but I'm relieved to hear 
her say no to something. 

I dress, and her assistant takes me to her office and deliv- 
ers the bottom line. All fees include anesthesia, before-and- 
after care, and the doctor's surgical fee. All procedures, un- 
less requested otherwise, are performed in Dr. Cramer's on- 
site surgical facility on an outpatient basis, meaning I'd get 
nipped and shipped the same day. Since my nose has been 




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operated on before, the rhinoplasty will be especially com- 
plex and therefore should be performed separately, at a cost 
of $4,500. The rest — the lipo, lips, eyelids, and breasts — , 
can be lumped together in one day, the assistant tells me. 
The cost will be $14,500 if I elect to do them all separately, 
$14,000 if they're done together, plus an additional $425 for 
presurgical medical photos, $100 for the special post-op bra, 
$140 for the post-liposuction compression garment, and 
$165 for standard blood work. Assuming I take the plunge 
and opt for the group-procedure discount, the grand total 
comes to $19,350. 

ON A COUCH NEAR THE PUSH-BUTTON FIREPLACE IN DR. GEORGE 

Lefkovits's waiting room sits a middle- 
aged woman wearing dark glasses. I'm 
dying to see what she's hiding under- 
neath. As I page through Vogue, she sizes 
me up: "What are you doing here? You 
don't need anything!" I smile and make 
self-deprecating noises about "flabby" 
this and "too big" that. She's not con- 
vinced, and reaches up to remove her 
glasses: Her upper lids are swollen and 
taped in tiny, flesh-colored bandages, and 
her under-eye area is tinged with bruises. 
Black sutures wave out from under her 
eyes like feelers on a catfish. Five days 
ago, she says, preening, she had an up- 
per- and lower-lid job. 

"I see sutures coming out of your 
face," 1 tell her, "but I don't see any ac- 
tual stitches." 

"Oh." she trills gamely, "that's because 
they're all on the inside!" She motions 
me to her and pulls down her lower lid, 
exposing an intricate latticework of black 
stitches. It's so easy to think about plastic 
surgery solely in "before-and-after" 
terms, with studied avoidance of all that 
goes on in between. But this woman 
clangs me upside the head with a wake- 
up call: Yes, it's surgery. Even clinically 
graphic consultation talk pales in com- 
parison as a reality check. 

The doctor's assistant surveys my chart. 
Seeing that I'm interested in liposuction, 
she ushers me into a broom-closet-size 
examining room where I view an educa- 
tional video about lipo, produced by and 
starring Dr. Lefkovits himself. It's actual- 
ly quite informative, with Dr. Lefkovits, 
looking like a smaller and more genial 
)oey Buttafuoco, explaining the history 
and evolution of the procedure. 
Dr. Lefkovits and 1 consult briefly in his office: then an- 
other assistant takes me to a tiny examining room to 
change. Once I'm in the paper gown, the doctor comes in, 
with the assistant acting as chaperone — a common 
procedure for most male cosmetic surgeons these days. He 
turns my head this way and that. "For your eyes. I'd do an 
upper-lid blepharoplasty — just take that strip of excess fat 
and skin right out." I'm familiar with the concept, I tell 
him, no need to elaborate. 

"It's too wide at the tip," Dr. Lefkovits muses, beeping my 
nose a few times, "but it's hard as a rock from scar tissue 
formed after it was rebuilt. Not much chance we could try to 
thin the tip without making it look worse. You'd probably 



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just end up with more scarring. But we could thin the bridge 
a little bit." He turns my head to the side. "Ugh." he pro- 
nounces, surveying my profile. "The angle of the tip projec- 
tion is much too steep. Maybe I can do something about 
that too. It would definitely have to be an open rhinoplasty, 
so I could see what I'm doing." 

He flat-out says no about the chin, so we move on to my 
breasts. Dr. Lefkovits tells me that if I don't mind losing 
some volume, he can do a nipple lift (concentric mastopexy) 
to perk them up. To demonstrate how the procedure is per- 
formed, he draws a circle with the tip of his pencil around 
my nipple. "I make an incision around the nipple [effective- 
ly removing it], then gather the tissue that lies around it and 
trim it, which draws the breast up. Then I 
position the nipple a bit higher and reat- 
tach it." I imagine my nipples sitting on a 
stainless-steel tray, patiently awaiting 
their return to the mother ship. 

Dr. Lefkovits mentions that if I want to 
maintain the size of my breasts, he can 
put in saline implants at the same time he 
does the nipple lift. "The implants would 
fill the breasts out like this" — he pinches 
the underside of each breast and pushes 
them up so they swell, and point. "They 
don't look full when you do that; they 
look like toucan beaks," I tell him. The 
chaperone bites her lip to keep from 
laughing. As for my legs, he says, yes, the 
inner and outer thighs could stand some 
liposuction, and my knees are a little 
chubby, too. My knees? 

I forget to ask about my lips until the 
end of the consultation. When I mention 
it, Dr. Lefkovits says, "Collagen is a 
waste of money, and you can have an al- 
lergic reaction to it even if the test dose 
doesn't bother you. No one is allergic to 
their own fat." (Collagen is also, I should 
point out, made of bovine extract.) He 
then offers to augment my lips with fat 
for free. He'd just suck it out of my 
thighs during the liposuction and inject 
it into my lips. 

Dr. Lefkovits summons his chaperone 
and leaves the room so I can dress, then 
comes back in to discuss fees. The nose, 
which he wants to do separately, will 
cost $5,000, plus $100 for the in-office 
operating-facility fee and $750 for the 
anesthesia. The lipo ($3,500), breasts 
($5,500), and eyelids ($2,000) will cost 
$11,000 if done separately, plus the 
$750 anesthesia fee and $100 for the op- 
erating room each time. He's mellow 
about when to do the procedures, if and ^^^^^^^^ 
how I want to bundle them together. But should I choose 
to do them all together (except for the nose), it would cost 
$9,000, and $850 for the anesthesia and operating-room 
fee. So the total of all the procedures grouped together 
would be $15,700, versus $19,400 separately. 

As I gather my things to leave, 1 take hold of how this is 
sitting with me. I'm not as surprised by the damage that 
surgery could do to my wallet as I am by what the fact-find- 
ing mission is doing to my self-esteem. Until I began, I saw 
myself as a hardy young sapling that could do with some 
pruning, but now I see a gnarled thing that begs to be torn 




down to the root and rebuilt limb by limb. On the way out 
of the office, I see a beautiful young girl writing out a check 
for $6,000 and think. What's she doing here? She doesn't 
need anything! 

DR. IAMES REARDON STANDS IN THE SOMBER, ROCKWELL-LIKE 

waiting room of his office and looks at my stat sheet. He 
rushes me into an exam room, where he peers at me. "You 
can't possibly want all these procedures!" he says, his voice 
bouncing off the dark, paneled walls. He rushes me into his 
office, where he peers at me from across his desk. "Eyelids, 
nose, lips, chin, breasts, liposuction," he reads briskly, "I'll 
be honest with you. Looking at your face, I only agree with 
you about your nose. Forget everything 
else." He looks me up and down and 
shakes his head. "It would be a moral and 
philosophical crime, as well as criminal 
malpractice, to put any sort of scars on 
those breasts." 

"But," I start, "I just wanted to fill them 
out a little bit up top. One doctor 1 saw 
recommended augmentation, and anoth- 
er — " He interjects again, afire, "Don't 
tell me a doctor said he'd do a breast lift 
on you!" He does a double take: "No, tell 
me, but don't mention any names. I don't 
believe this!" 

I move on to discuss the possibility of 
liposuction. He looks at my thighs and 
shakes his head once again. "If I do lipo- 
suction on someone as thin as you, it's 
very likely that you're going to end up 
with ripples and dimpling under the sur- 
face. So to run the risk of that for maybe 
a one percent difference in the appear- 
ance of your thighs is not worth it. Your 
thighs are fine. 

"Listen, 1 know this may not be what 
you want to hear, and you probably think 
I sound like your dad or something," he 
says. "I love to operate, but I just don't 
think you need any of this. Look, I'll do 
your nose if you want," he offers, "but 
that's it. I'll thin the bridge of your nose 
with an open rhinoplasty, and then you 
get out of here." 

AFTER THE EXHORTATIONS IN DR. REARDON'S 

office, I'm a bit more wary by the time I 
roll into Dr. Robert Vitolo's waiting 
room. It's a Euro-fancy affair with bright 
salon lighting, Deco mirrors, and a mar- 
ble-topped reception desk. Vitolo's office 
is even fancier. Louis XV furniture, or- 
nate mirror, backlit shelving — it looks 
like Liberace dropped in for a quick 
touch-up, then decided to stick around and spruce the place 
up a bit. 

Once I've gotten into his examining room, he comes in 
to discuss the body procedures. We start with the thighs. 
To him, I'm a shoo-in for the inner- and outer-thigh lipo. 
And more. He turns me around so I'm looking at my side 
view in the mirror: "See how your buttock just blends right 
into your thigh?" I nod. "You have long, flat buttocks, with 
no buttock crease." This is true. However, lack of butt 
crease is not something that had occurred to me to obsess 
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Pressing on, he says, "What I could do while I'm liposuc- 
tioning your thighs is suction away the fat right below your 
buttocks, creating a crease. I can also take some fat out 
from atop the buttock, making it appear more shapely." He 
scrutinizes my breasts. "Your nipples are well-placed, right 
in line with the middle of your upper arm. They're attrac- 
tive breasts with minimal droop; you may not want to do 
anything to them. If you really want to make them appear 
fuller, I'd go with implants, not a lift. But to fill out all the 
skin in your bust, you'd have to go up at least a size and a 
half." 1 do a quick calculation — that would make me a 
56DD. I'm wondering if the breast augmentation blooming 
me out up top, in concert with the liposuction thinning my 
stems, will leave me with a silhouette like two watermelons 
on a toothpick. 

1 dress and take a seat next to the desk in his office, and 
he explains his innovative new endoscopic breast-augmen- 
tation technique. (Endoscopic surgery has been used for 
years in orthopedic and eye-ear-nose-and-throat care.) I am 
agog when he tells me that rather than inserting the implants 
through incisions in conventional points such as the armpit, 
breast crease, or nipple, the surgeon makes an incision in the 
belly button, and the empty implants are tunneled up to the 
breast via a tube and then inflated through a fill-valve in the 
implant's side. The implants are placed by the surgeon's 
watching an image of the surgical site projected on a video 
screen via an endoscope inserted in the breast. Unlike other 
breast-aug procedures, this type of implant insertion leaves 
no visible scar, and according to the doctor, the recovery pe- 
riod is mere days, while other procedures require several 
weeks of recuperation. And for the finishing touch, "There's 
less risk of loss of sensation this way," he says. At this point, 
three doctors have told me that three insertion routes are 
less likely to leave me with numb nipples. How does one 
make sense of this? 

When we discuss my face, he stands me before the ornate 
mirror on his office wall. About my chin, he says, "Your fea- 
tures are very angular, which is attractive. You have a great 
jaw, so I'd leave it alone." Easy enough. That was the carrot. 
Now the stick. "Your nose is the worst part of your face. It 
definitely needs refinement. It overpowers your face. It's too 
wide, and makes your eyes look too close together." Like 
everyone else I'd seen, he suggests an open rhinoplasty 
wherein he would re-break my nose and thin it considerably 
from top to bottom. He also says that once that is done, the 
change in my appearance might be so dramatic that I might 
not want to do anything else to my face. 

lust in case I do, however, he tells me what he suggests 
for my eyes — an endoscopic brow lift. To demonstrate the 
kind of result I can expect, he puts his hand atop my head 
and pulls the scalp back, tightening my brow, which makes 
my eyes appear much wider and more alert. He explains 
that an endoscopic brow lift differs from a conventional 
brow lift because it involves far less cutting. It usually en- 
tails just four small incisions in the scalp behind the hair- 
line, and an endoscope placed in one of the incisions. 
Watching the endoscope-image transmission on the moni- 
tor, he separates the muscles behind the brow from the 
bone so they relax upward (and in the case of trying to rec- 
tify furrows between the eyes, the corrugator and procerus 
muscles may be removed); then the muscles and tissue are 
pulled taut and anchored inside the scalp incisions. Com- 
pared to old-fashioned "coronal" (ear-to-ear incision) 
brow lift, this procedure leaves very little scarring in the 
scalp. It also reduces potential for nerve injury and loss of 
sensation above the scar, which is a frequent side effect of 
a coronal lift. 



When the time comes to talk money, like most of the oth- 
ers he is quick to get creative with the packaging of proce- 
dures. Separately, the nose would cost $7,500; the brow, 
$6,500; breasts, $6,500; and the lipo. $6,500, plus $4,000 
for the anesthesia and a $500 surgical-facility fee for each 
procedure, payable in cash or credit. Grand total: $53,000. 
However, should I be interested in doing them all at once, 
which would require an overnight hospital stay, he'd do it 
for $22,500 ($ 1 9,500 surgical fees, $2,500 anesthesia, $500 
hospital fees). Quite a discount. If I were a spontaneous 
shopper, I'd be on the table that very second. He tells me he 
can book me for surgery within two weeks. 

When we finish, he closes my chart and looks at me. 
"Most women would kill for a figure like yours, but I under- 
stand. You want perfection." 

"Well, if it weren't summer, I probably wouldn't care," I 
fudge. 

"Oh, you'd care," he says, with great certainty. 

I HE EARLY SIXTIES LIVE ON IN DR. HIROSHI WASHIO'S 
office. The series of dark, dingily carpeted rooms 
is decorated in such a way that I expect Laura 
Petrie to swing in to tell me, "The doctor will see 
you now!" I sit on the edge of the old table in the 
mint-green examining room, and Dr. Washio, a 
slight )apanese man with graying hair, sizes me 
up. Yes, he says, consulting the desired proce- 
dures I listed on my patient record, he could make 
my chin less prominent. Yes, my nose could use 
some refinement. Yes, my lips could be made 
fuller. Yes, my eyes could be made to appear 
wider. Yes, my breasts most likely could be filled out. And 
yes, my thighs could probably stand to be made thinner. 
Now here's a guy with a can do attitude. For the first time, 
I'm batting a thousand. 

At Dr. Washio's behest, I lie down on the examination 
table, and he pokes around the inside of my nose with a 
swab. He announces that he can lower the septum carti- 
lages, reduce the bridge, and narrow the sides and tip, all 
through a closed rhinoplasty — no lifting of the car hood 
needed. Since I've heard four doctors recommend an open 
rhinoplasty, the alarm bells go off. 

Concerning my eyes, he reports that upper-lid blepharo- 
plasty would be a waste of time — I have so little eyelid skin 
that to remove any of it wouldn't make a significant differ- 
ence. So he suggests a conventional coronal brow lift, 
which involves making an incision from ear to ear behind 
the hairline, then pulling the brow skin and muscles up 
and back. Then, after that, the excess tissue is trimmed off 
and the scalp is sutured together. No mention of the risk of 
loss of sensation. 

An osteotomy is the procedure he recommends to soften 
my chin. This involves making an incision just under the 
chin, then cutting down the chin bone with an electric bone 
saw. He doesn't offer any information about the procedure 
beyond that. Another warning bell. 

He is similarly discreet about the procedure he'd do on my 
lips. He simply says he'd turn the lips out by putting stitch- 
es along the inside of them. He also tells me it won't make 
much of a difference, maybe a millimeter or so, which is 
hardly an inducement. There's no chaperone in the room 
with us, and Dr. Washio doesn't even leave so I can disrobe 
in privacy before he examines my breasts and thighs. Like 
Dr. Cramer and Dr. Vitolo, he thinks saline implants are the 
best way to fill out my breasts. He, however, would insert 
them through incisions in the lower part of the nipple. "Less 
risk of loss of sensation this way," he says. 



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To his credit, while he surveys my inner and outer 
thighs, he explains one crucial thing about liposuction that 
no other doctor did — that the body has a finite number of 
fat cells in any given area, and that once those cells are re- 
moved, they will never be replaced. "But if the fat cells are 
removed from one area, and you gain weight after the 
surgery, won't you gain weight around the area, while the 
liposuctioned part stays flat?" I ask. Yes, he concedes, that 
can happen. A person will gain the weight back every- 
where, but it may look disproportionate and wavy around 
the lipo site, particularly in a thinner person, where any 
change is going to be more noticeable. 

After the exam, we move to his desk in a small office al- 
cove to discuss matters further. I ask what 
type of surgical facility he uses, and he 
gestures toward the examination room. 
That's it? Not good. He suggests that we 
group the surgeries into clusters and 
space them three months apart to allow 
for ample recovery time. The nose would 
be done by itself under local anesthesia, 
which he would administer himself; then 
breasts, chin, and lips, under general 
anesthesia administered by an anesthesi- 
ologist; and the same for the liposuction 
and brow lift done together. We'd do the 
nose first, which would cost $5,000; then 
two months afterward, the chin and 
breasts ($6,000 together) and the lips 
($3,000), plus $1,500 for general anes- 
thesia; and last, two months later, the 
forehead ($4,000) and lipo ($3,000), 
plus $1,500 for the anesthesia. All to- 
gether, it would take six months to com- 
plete and would cost $24,500. I can't 
fathom investing that much time into re- 
furbishing my facade. I'm exhausted just 
from the time-suck of the consulting — 
and confused too. Who knew there'd be 
so many conflicting opinions? 




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will be like saucers and your lips will look bigger. As it is 
right now, you really don't have an upper lip. Your chin is 
fine, by the way, so just leave it." 

I have to admit, the image of my potential diminutive nose 
is very attractive. The overall effect, from both the profile and 
face-forward angle, is dramatic. He interrupts the consulta- 
tion to take a long, involved phone call. I busy myself looking 
at his art collection and picking all the butterscotch out of the 
candy dish. After ten minutes, he resumes his imaging, this 
time working on my eyes. It's hard to show a computer image 
of a blepharoplasty, as the area is so small and the software is 
rudimentary. Still, he does his best to lighten the area to show 
how it might look with less skin, but I can't see any difference. 

To show how a brow lift might look, he 
draws boxes around my eyebrows and 
drags them up higher, and lowers my hair- 
line. I look totally fake, so taut my face is 
devoid of character. My eyes aren't pixieish 
anymore; they're just blank. 

He takes me into his office and shows 
me a book of actual brow-lift photos. He 
makes the incision right in the hairline, so 
I'd have to wear bangs for a number of 
weeks after the surgery. "This is my wife," 
he says, pointing to one photo. All his 
procedures are done on-site. He offers to 
do both the nose and brow for $7,000, or 
for $7,200 separately. "What about all the 
other procedures?" I ask. "When you're 
ready to do more, we'll talk about your 
body." If he is in this much of a hurry to 
end a consultation, how much of a tear 
will he be on to finish the job once I'm on 
the table? 




MY FINAL VISIT WAS TO DR. 
Felix Shiffman, the only 
doctor I met with who 
uses computer imaging 
to show possible results 
of surgery. Once his re- 
ceptionist fills out a lit- 
tle file card with my 
name, address, phone, 
desired procedures, and 
means of referral (I cut 
his ad out of the Voice), 
Dr. Shiffman and I have a brief chat 
about my objective and he leads me into 
a room behind his office, operating facil- 
ity, and storage area (we step neatly over his assistant, who 
is sorting files on the floor), where he has his imaging sys- 
tem set up. 

First, he photographs my profile with a digital camera and 
brings the image up on the computer monitor. He's going to 
work on my nose first. For five minutes, he digitally shades, 
cuts, and refines the image, giving me a graceful little white- 
girl nose. He traces and retraces my nasal tip until it comes 
to a tidy point. "So the problem is not that your eyes are hid- 
den by your brow or lids but, rather, your nose," he says. "If 
we make your nose thinner and bring the tip lower, your eyes 



MYTH 




A ITER SEEING SIX DOCTORS AND GETTING 
six very different opinions, surgical ap- 
proaches, and prices, I'm stymied. Is 
there a qualitative difference between a 
$3,000 thigh-liposuction procedure and a 
$6,500 one? Is a brow lift going to make 
my eyes look better than a lid job? 

For an expert opinion I call the Ameri- 
can Society of Plastic and Reconstructive 
Surgeons (ASPRS) and am put in contact 
with a Dr. Paul Weiss. "If you do a num- 
ber of different consultations, you will 
notice a consensus of opinions amongst 
the doctors." This, of course, was not my 
experience at all. I got three different 
routes of breast augmentation, with a 
breast lift thrown in: a split on the brow- 
lift-vs. -lid-job question; and other con- 
flicting viewpoints as to which way to go 
with my body. 
If I were an earnest shopper in the 
beauty-through-surgery market, I'd be more confused than 
when I started this investigation. With so many options to 
choose from, apparently there is no hard-and-fast bottom 
line, only one's own wishes measured against the aesthetic 
sensibility (and, presumably, profit motive) of the surgeon. 

Even after after all of this, I still would never rule out 
the idea of cosmetic surgery. But I'm just disconcerted by 
how few guideposts there are on the road to a New You. 
Maybe I don't need a new look so much as a new career. I 
could be a champion of the body-morphing masses, a Ralph 
Nader for the aesthetically ambitious. h 



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How did 
Trainspotting, 
a movie about 
junk-using, 
lawbreaking, 
no-account punks, 
become the must- 
see ground zero 
in Britain's 
culture wars? 
And can it drive 
America nuts, too? 
By Maureen Callahan 



TRAINSPOTTING BOMB 
THROWERS DANNY BOTH 
(THE DIRECTOR, LEFT) 
ANDREW MACDONALD 
(PRODUCER, CENTER) 
AND EW AN I 
(STAR. RUNT). 



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IT HAS BEEN CALLED "THE BEST AND 
most important film about mod- 
ern Britain in nearly a decade," or 
words to that effect, by nearly 
every pop-culture magazine in 
England. The others have derided 
it as a paean to thuggery, moral 
bankruptcy, and hard drugs. 
Trainspotting, an often thrillingly 
vibrant movie adapted from 
Irvine Welsh's bestselling 1993 
novel about working-class Scottish heroin 
addicts who do little more than shoot up, 
screw around, and get junk-sick, has be- 
come nothing less than a generational 
totem since it opened five months ago in 
the UK — not unlike A Clockwork Orange 
and then the Sex Pistols in the seventies. 
The movie's release in the U.S. (it opens 
July 19) has been hyped by Miramax in 
much the same way they sold last year's 
Kids: the movie to see; the book to read; 
the soundtrack to spin; the art-house hit 
of the summer, if not the decade; contro- 
versial, harrowing, and in-your-face. Ac- 
tually, that's not much of an exaggeration. 
Trainspotting looks like nothing else out 
of Britain in recent memory, and it's been 
greeted there with animosity as furious as 
the adulation. 

It's clear why so many find Trainspotting 
a dangerous movie. It's uncompromising 
in its depiction of the pleasures (and ghast- 
liness) of heroin, of random sex, shoplift- 
ing, nihilism, and almost every other social 
pathology you can think of. Eyelids flutter 
in ecstasy after a needle sears a vein; kids 
literally run from )ohnny Law with gleeful 
smiles and a pounding backbeat; they hu- 
morously torment a dog, for lack of any- 
thing better to do. Trainspotting is Sex Pis- 
tols— ish, no-future high comedy, the well- 
crafted artistic rebellion of the moment, 
and it has tremendous resonance for the 
generation of British kids who grew up in 
the eighties. Just by watching, they've man- 
aged to collectively outrage their elders, 
which adds to its heat. 

RELATIVELY YOUNG AND MAYBE THE MOST 

gifted filmmakers working in Britain today, 
the triumvirate responsible for adapting 
Trainspotting — director Danny Boyle, 
screenwriter John Hodge, and producer 
Andrew Macdonald — first collaborated on 
1994's Shallow Grave, a bloody, witty 
Scottish noir about three giddily amoral 
roommates whose collective acquisitive- 
ness leads to a fair amount of murder and 
dismemberment. Not only was it aggres- 
sively contemporary — unlike most British 
cinema, which tends to be either socio-re- 
alistic and steeped in sixties ideology or hy- 
per-literary — but it didn't take the usual 
bows toward American culture; its focus 



was squarely on Britain. This is an endless 
topic of conversation for Boyle and Mac- 
donald, who are lively and engaging de- 
spite the early hour, considerable jet lag, 
and an unseasonably grim, drizzly morning 
(which makes them feel right at home). 
"There's this attitude in Britain that the au- 
dience is just cattle who turn up to see 
American blockbusters," says Boyle, who. 
at 39, looks and sounds ten years younger. 
"There's this thinking that goes on all the 
time, like, 'Can we put an American in the 
movie? Will it work in America?' " 

Much to their surprise. Grave did work 
in America, but, more important, it 
worked in the UK. Boyle, Macdonald, and 
Hodge had clearly reached an audience 
that had long been ignored — young, smart, 
and sick to death of being slathered in ex- 
clusively American culture. "People feel 
very trampled by America," says Macdon- 
ald, who is so scrawny and pallid that 

"The film isn't about 
heroin. It's about an 
attitude, and that's 
why we wanted the 
film to pulse, the 
way you do in your 
twenties.' 



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many of his veins are visible to the naked 
eye. "That's very much Irvine's attitude, 
and I think it's not really reflected in many 
films apart from ours." 

At around the same time Shallow Grave 
was released, the novel Trainspotting — vi- 
olent, sharp, funny, scatologically obses- 
sive, and garrulously written in Scottish 
slang — had just been published in the UK, 
and it rocked the literary Establishment, 
which initially tried to dismiss it as nothing 
more than a sloppily constructed work 
with marginal appeal to the drug-addled 
and/or undereducated working class. 
Trainspotting went on to sell 450,000 
copies in Britain alone, and the then-34- 
year-old Welsh was nominated for the 
1993 Booker Prize; it was adapted, several 
times, for the stage in London. Welsh 
churned out two more novels in rapid suc- 
cession — The Acid House, set in England's 
techno-drug subculture, and Marabou 
Stork Nightmares, narrated by a comatose 
rapist's subconscious — which, with Train- 



spotting, simultaneously occupied the top 
three slots on the British best-seller lists. 
To the horror of Britain's intellectual elite, 
he has been crowned king of a thriving 
new wave of literature — one that's giving 
the finger not only to an economically de- 
pressed post-Thatcherite Britain but to 
American cultural hegemony. 

IN EARLY '94, MACDONALD WAS LOOKING 

for a new project, which would be fully 
financed by Britain's Channel Four Films, 
and which Hodge would write and Boyle 
direct. They also knew they wanted Ewan 
McGregor, who had played one of 
Grain's homicidal yuppies, to have a 
role. (All three had turned down offers 
from Hollywood to stay together and in 
Britain. "I respect them so much for 
that," says McGregor, "because a lot of 
young British directors who do well with 
one film go straight to America to make 
schlock.") When Macdonald stumbled 
across an old friend who talked up 
Trainspotting, he immediately snatched 
up a copy and devoured it in three days. 
"I said, 'This is the sort of thing we 
should be doing,' " recalls Macdonald. 
"Because all we have in Britain is these 
50-year-old men making films about the 
sixties. This had energy." Boyle, too, was 
blown away. "Even though you think 
you're trendy and up-to-date — like we all 
like to think we are — you read something 
like this that makes you realize you've 
been asleep. It was just addictive." 

Hodge, however, was a bit more skepti- 
cal. He loved the novel but wasn't sure it 
could be adapted; it's got no narrative arc, 
is dense with characters both peripheral 
and central, and has no real external ac- 
tion. Everyone in the book is running to 
stand still; the title itself refers to the 
bizarre British hobby of keeping track of 
the arrival and departure of trains. (It's 
now evolved into a slang term for being a 
slacker.) Yet Macdonald and Boyle knew 
they were onto something, and Hodge, 
with Welsh's blessing, shaved the 344-page 
novel into a lean 90-minute screenplay. 
Mark Renton, the novel's most cunning 
character, was fleshed out and became the 
protagonist; McGregor, then only 24, 
signed on for the part and was subse- 
quently chased out of pubs by the film- 
makers, who ordered him to drop 30 
pounds. "When I read the script, I was 
blown away by Renton," says a consider- 
ably fleshier McGregor as he sips a mid-af- 
ternoon beer in his plush hotel suite. "I 
imagined De Niro felt the same when he 
read Taxi Driver." 

Simultaneously amused and disgusted 
by his smack-addled cohorts (and his own 
addiction), Renton is the character the au- 



38 NEW YORK JULY 15, 1996 



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dience must latch onto. "Danny said that in 
Shallow Grave, I managed to play a likable 
wanker," McGregor says modestly. "He 
needed the same thing for Renton." Mc- 
Gregor's droll, knowing narration threads 
together what would otherwise be disjoint- 
ed vignettes that are rhythmically paced 
and often beautiful looking. When Renton 
OD's and literally falls into the scarlet floor, 
it's a gloriously surrealistic moment. And 
you're happy to be there. 

Trainspotting was shot in iust seven 
weeks in the bowels of Glasgow during 
the spring of '95, with the help of a tight- 
ly knit group of recovering heroin addicts 
called Carlton Athletic (they appear in the 
film's opening sequence as part of a soc- 
cer team). Though the filmmakers had 
gotten everything they wanted — creative 
control, British financing (the budget was 
an almost impossibly modest $2.8 mil- 
lion), and the unconditional co- 
operation of nearly everyone they 
approached — they were still ner- 
vous. "I was concerned, obvious- 
ly," admits Macdonald today. 
"Could we make a film that peo- 
ple would go and see? Could we 
sell drugs?" 

Trainspotting has grossed more 
than $15 million to date in the 
UK, more than any other fully fi- 
nanced British film in history; 
Trainspotting fashion has been 
splattered across the pages of 
British magazines and, already, 
the New York Times; the comings 
and goings of the cast, dubbed a 
hipper "Britpack," are relentlessly 
chronicled; their faces scowl from 
magazine covers, often accompanied by 
urgently hysterical headlines like wake up, 
America!; nearly every British band that 
matters today contributed to the sound- 
track; Trainspotting is referenced in arti- 
cles and editorials having nothing at all to 
do with the movie. It's penetrated the cul- 
tural consciousness so deeply because, in 
its own way, it aims to tell the truth about 
modern, disaffected youth without resort- 
ing to hysterical moralizing. 

THOUGH MANY OF ITS HARSHEST CRITICS 

would like to believe that Trainspotting 
depicts a ghettoized subculture, two of 
the last year's most controversial films — 
Kids, set in downtown New York City, 
and La Maine ("Hate"), set in the Parisian 
projects — would dispute that theory. Ac- 
tually, together they form a fascinating 
and disturbing triptych. Each in its own 
way depicts hip, nihilistic, downwardly 
mobile youth with specific grudges 
against the Man, and all three have been 



attacked as hyperbolic, exploitative, 
and — most tellingly — mere slumfests for 
the bored upper classes, virtual petting 
zoos they can visit anytime they want to 
feel like they're down with the kids. 

Two months ago, in an essay in The 
New York Times Magazine, Michiko 
Kakutani wrote, "Although Trainspotting 
. . . and Kids pretend to offer knowing 
glimpses of insider rituals like shooting 
up, they actually perpetuate simplistic 
stereotypes that ratify bourgeoisie preju- 
dices. . . . These works are just the latest 
offerings from a thriving new brand of 
tourism that offers bourgeoisie audiences 
a voyeuristic peep at an alien subculture 
and then lets them go home feeling smug 
and with it." Welsh himself has been rail- 
ing against this mind-set since his novel 
moved from genteel literary circles into 
the mainstream. "It's precisely the bour- 
geois types that are perceiving it [as 




ANARCHY— AGAIN— IN THE UK: THE TUUNSPOTTINGKMS. 



ment animals and each other, flout the 
laws, and ruin their lives, but they do it 
charismatically, with flair, style, and a 
fair amount of gallows humor — and that 
is what the moralists find most offensive. 

BOYLE, FOR HIS PART, BELIEVES THAT THOSE 

who focus solely on drug use or class is- 
sues miss the obvious point. "It's about 
being a transgressor," he says. "It's about 
doing something that everybody says will 
kill you — you will kill yourself. And the 
thing that nobody understands is, it's not 
that you don't hear that message, it's just 
that it's irrelevant. The film isn't about 
heroin. It's about an attitude, and that's 
why we wanted the film to pulse, to pulse 
like you do in your twenties, before you 
get ground down by whatever grinds you 
down — be it heroin or all the other things 
that wipe you out." 

The trailer, which sells the movie as if 
it were A Hard Day's Night 1996, 
an adventurous romp through the 
back alleys and byways of Britain 
with a bunch of rude boys as your 
tour guides, has been running 
here since March. Though the 
movie will open on just four 
screens (two in New York, two in 
L.A.), Miramax is plausibly 
shooting for 200, with an eye to- 
ward further expansion into sub- 
urban malls and multiplexes — a 
territory where Kids never 
played. "Kids was like a wake-up 
call to America," says Mark Gill, 
Miramax's marketing president. 
"Trainspotting is an entertain- 
ment from the word go. " 



voyeuristic]," he has said. "They're recog- 
nizing that voyeurism in themselves. It's a 
different world and they're not part of it, 
they've never been part of it. . . . The mid- 
dle class is in power, and they are the 
main voices who are pontificating, ana- 
lyzing, and evaluating." 

Although, in a sense, Trainspotting 
would have failed if the Establishment 
weren't so emphatically opposed to 
everything it represents — what's punk 
about something your mom would 
get? — it doesn't sugarcoat the conse- 
quences of the bad behavior of Renton 
and his mates: jail, withdrawal, aids, and 
death portrayed on the screen in ways 
that are hard to watch. The movie has a 
moral center, and to suggest that it does- 
n't seems a willful misreading. For all its 
junkie trappings, the problem people 
have with Trainspotting is the old one 
about the charming rogue: Should sin- 
ners and villains be thoroughly unattrac- 
tive? Not only do these characters tor- 



BOYLE, MACDONALD, AND HODGE, MEAN- 

while, will apply their cracked genius to a 
third project, a small romantic comedy 
called A Life Less Ordinary. McGregor, 
who earnestly describes the movie as 
"sweet and lovely," will play an unem- 
ployed Scottish immigrant who falls in 
love with an American girl and embarks 
on a cross-country journey that's alter- 
nately interrupted by gangsters and an- 
gels. Though, as Boyle says, they'll be 
spending the next few months "trying to 
get their minds around America," they're 
typically giving Hollywood the brush-off. 
"We were offered a lot of money [to make 
Alien 4\" says a clearly amused Boyle, 
who adds that although the trio had every 
intention of turning it down, they waited 
until "we got to meet Sigourney and 
Winona." Macdonald, the most pragmat- 
ic and business-minded of the three, is 
just as nonchalant. "Success in America 
has never mattered to us," he says res- 
olutely. "And it still doesn't." ™ 



Photograph by l.iam Longman/Miramax. 



JULY IS, I996 NEW YORK 39 

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Richard Hell, punk hero emeritus, has written a novel about heroin, 
sex, and rock, and it's not half bad. By Mim Udovitch 



AS IT TURNS OUT, THE SEX PISTOLS 
were wrong when they sang 
no future, not only about 
themselves but about 47-year- 
old Richard Hell. Hell— a 
founding member of the pro- 
to-punk band Television in 
1973, as well as a founding member of 
the Heartbreakers, as well as the creator, 
with his band the Voidoids in 1977, of 
one of punk's signal works, "Blank Gen- 
eration" — has published a novel called Go 
Now. Similar in intensity to Hell's work as 
a musician and to Irvine Welsh's Train- 
spotting, with which it shares a junkie's- 
eye view of life. Go Now (Scribner, $18) 
is a strange, scary water slide of a read, 
the morbid, sexual, contemplative, abra- 
sive musings of narrator and semi-suc- 
cessful punk musician Billy Mud as he 
traverses the country in search of dope 
and art in 1980. As well as being all the 
things he is listed above as being, Hell is, 
by the way, my longtime friend. He is cur- 
rently at work on a second novel. In a nut- 
shell, as it turns out, yes future for him. 



I Udovitch: Did I mention I'm a little 
unprepared to talk to you? 
Richard Hell: It doesn't take much prepara- 
tion. I mean, you've read the book. 

And I like to think that our friendship is 
some kind of preparation. That way I'll 
know it was definitely good for something. 
So when did you start writing this book? 

In January of '93. It was great to see 
those pages piling up. And people are so 
impressed when you write a novel, you 
know? When I first finished it, whenever I 
mentioned it to anyone, the first question 
was always: How long is it? Because a nov- 
el seems like it really takes some sustained 
discipline. But it didn't feel like discipline: 
once I hit speed, I looked forward every 
morning to waking up, which . . . which 



was a real novelty. Although I have gotten 
to where I'm glad to wake up these days. I 
had this theory when I was real young, like 
18, 19 . . . 

Not fake young like you are now. 

Right, not fake young like I am now, 
my belief was that . . . nothing was worth 
doing if it wasn't easy. And people find 
that really repulsive — even I've had peri- 
ods where I thought, wow, I was really 
disgusting to contemplate such 
a concept. But the other side of 
it is it's worked for me. Why do 
anything that's an ordeal? 

But you end up going 
through ordeals anyway. 

Yeah, like this. No, I don't 
really mean that. I mean this 
in the larger sense, not this 
specifically. 

Right. I guess I was think- 
ing more of an ordeal like 
years and years of heroin ad- 
diction, actually. 

But even the painful 
parts of that are really interesting, and 
even when you're going through them, 
you eventually come to realize that. You 
can get to kind of relish it, you know? 
Otherwise, what are you gonna do, just 
be inert? 

So what about this punk renaissance 
we're going through? Patti Smith's new 
album, the Sex Pistols reunion . . . why 
do you think punk is getting this new le- 
gitimacy? 

I guess because it's dead. You know, it's 
not threatening anymore. Now it's every- 
body's nostalgia. It's kind of sad. 

You 're not nostalgic for it? 

Are you kidding me? No way. Fuck, no. 
I had my youth like everybody had their 
youth. It had its good parts and it also had 
its terrible parts, just like now — it didn't 
have any advantages. 




// doesn 't make you a little glad to be 
recognized for what you did? 

Yes, but that's not nostalgia. I'm glad. 
But the times it really makes you feel 
good are when you feel like somebody is 
better for having been exposed to some- 
thing you did. And that's separate from 
having punk become fashionable again. 

Let's talk more about the writing 
process. Did the book change a lot when 
you were working on it? 

It came out completely 
differently from what I 
first expected. I thought it 
was gonna be this pi- 
caresque kind of story of 
this hapless, self-mocking, 
burnout charming hustler 
having adventures around 
the country that was essen- 
tially light but sweet and 
moving and funny. 

And how do you think it 
turned out? 

Well, hell ... It turned in- 
to this, like, hurricane. It 
turned into this whirlpool of confusion 
and despair and compulsion and fear. 
But, you know, it's still funny, though. 

What kind of questions are you getting 
asked by the press? 

In Britain, they were really respectful 
questions; they were taking the book seri- 
ously. But then the ones here . . . one guy 
would not let up on asking if I thought 
Scribner's published this book because 
punk is so hot. Which is not only insulting, 
because it implies the book is not worthy 
of publication, but it doesn't make sense. 
It's not like all the publishers conspire over 
what's hot — they bought the book a year 
and a half ago, and how would they know 
the Sex Pistols were going to re-form, that 
Patti would come out of hiding, that Please 
Kill Me was going to be published? 



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Co. 





RICHARD HELL IN 1980. LEFT. AND NOW. 

Not that you 're not happy to ride the 
wave as long as it's happening. 

Sure. And then there's also people harp- 
ing on the autobiographical thing, which is 
like . . . why? Do you think it's just be- 
cause heroin is such a sensitive subject? 

Partly, maybe. But you are, after all, a 
former punk musician and heroin addict, 
and the hook is in the first person and 
about a punk musician and heroin ad- 
dict. And all that sex, and you were a 
rock star — everyone wants to know the 
sex lives of rock stars. 

But take Other Voices, Other Rooms. 
That was as autobiographical as mine is: 
Do you think [Truman Capote] got has- 
sled with that question all the time? 

Yes. 

1 don't think so. But the more I think 
about it, I would be curious myself. But 
it's upsetting if they use that to trivialize 
the book. Because you know what the 
book is really about? It's about the writing 
of the sentences. 

Yeah, well. Nabokov said a similar 
thing about Lolita, but those sentences 
have a suspicious way of seeming to con- 



cern the same themes as the other sen- 
tences in the book. 

I guess it's a little whiny to complain 
about it. It just isn't what interests me, 
and it's the first thing everybody wants 
to discuss. 

What did they ask in England? 

They came from really admiring the 
book as a piece of work. They would be 
like: "You did this so well. How?" 

Oh. I can see why you'd prefer those 
questions. But I take the point that being 
an American artist isn 't probably much of 
a joy. You have to be either arrogant or 
embarrassed, and the nice thing about 
you is you're both. Were you this cranky 
when you had to talk about your music? 

I was more obnoxious when I talked 
about my music. But it is very deja vu, this 
with that. I had forgotten really what it was 
like to be on this daily grind that follows 
from having released some piece of work. 

How is what you want now different? 

The stuff I was doing on the Blank 
Generation album was in a more obscure 
language than this is. But I wanted, and 
still want, to move people with the work 
that I had done, and the more, the better. 

Where did you want to move them to? 

Not to, just move, you know? You 
know what happens when you take in a 
work that reaches you: It just wakes you 
up and inspires you and makes you feel 
more alive. 

What else are you up to? 

I'm basically retired from recording, but 
I love it, and something or other comes up 
every year or so. One is [the Talking 
Heads'] Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth 
and ]erry Harrison's Talking Heads-mi- 
nus-one record, where they invited lead 
singers to come in and write the lyrics and 
sing the songs. I also have this song com- 
ing out in this youthsploitation movie by 
the guy who wrote the film Airheads. 

Really? I loved that movie! 

Did you? I won't argue with you. But I 
was mortified when I saw it. This one's 
about these kind of slacker college seniors, 
these maniacs. And he asked me to write a 
song to be the song these guys play when 
they have their graduation party. He didn't 
give me any stipulations, except — if I could 
find my way to it, he would appreciate it 
without demanding it — if I could use this 
one phrase in the song. And the phrase 
was dudes of steel. So I thought. Oh, hell, 
I've gotta use that, and if I'm gonna use it, 
I've gotta go the whole way and make it 
the chorus. So that's what the song is 
called, "Dudes of Steel." I can't wait to see 
it in the movie. It's a new anthem. 

Okay, I think I'm through. Are you 
having any fun? 

I never know until later. h 



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AT THE TOP OF THE 
WORLD TRADE CENTER, 
JOSEPH BAUM IS TRYING 
TO PUSH THE FABLED 
RESTAURANT HE OPENED 
IN THE SEVENTIES 
BACK ONTO ITS 
107-STORY PEDESTAL. 
BY CORBY KUMMER 




WHEN WINDOWS ON THE WORLD OPENED 
twenty years ago, rooftop dining still 
meant Stouffer's food at Top of the Six- 
es in Fifth Avenue's Tishman Building. 
Downtown — at least that far down- 
town — was strictly for business. In the 
nocturnal wasteland below Chambers 
Street, you couldn't even get a sandwich 
after ten. 

The Port Authority decided that the 
way to get New Yorkers to venture into 
a part of town less traveled after dusk — 
and, not incidentally, salvage the repu- 
tation of its endlessly reviled World 
Trade Center — was to find someone 
who could make fine rooftop dining not 
only plausible but unlike, and better 
than, anything uptown. 

Joseph Baum was already a legend for 
overseeing the creation of The Four 
Seasons with an almost maniacal atten- 
tion to detail. Baum, the progenitor of a 
new impresario breed — of which res- 
taurateur Drew Nieporent (Nobu, Lay- 

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: A SKYSCRAPER 
SCULPTURE (SEPARATED AT BIRTH FROM 
ROBBYTHE ROBOT?); THE GREATEST BAR ON 
EARTH; A STAR SALMON APPETIZER IS BORN; 
JOE BAUM WITH PARTNER DAVID EMIL. 



PHOTOGRAPHED BY FRANK VERONSKY 



(OR S I t 




HEAD COACH-CULINARY DIRECTOR GEORGES MASRAFF (FOREGROUND) WITH HIS TEAM: 
FROM LEFT, PATRICK WOODSIDE, MARC MURPHY, FREDERIC KIEFFER, AND PHILIPPE FERET. 



la, Montrachet) and his architect, Da- 
vid Rockwell, are the third genera- 
tion—defined urban theme dining with 
a series of splashy restaurants in the six- 
ties and seventies. Before opening the 
epitome-of-class Four Seasons, Baum 
installed Hawaiian dancing girls at one 
midtown restaurant: his first success 
was a restaurant at Newark airport, the 
Newarker, another place people never 
thought of going to find good food. 
Working with a brain trust of proto- 
foodies like George Lang and Barbara 
Kafka and guided by the gossipy, ency- 
clopedic counsel of his longtime con- 
sultant lames Beard, Baum created a se- 
ries of showy restaurants — Forum of 
the Twelve Caesars, Zum Zum, La Fon- 
da del Sol — serving foods New Yorkers 
just hadn't seen before. 

Around the time the Port Authority 
was shopping for a consultant, Baum 
badly needed a comeback. In 1970, The 
Four Seasons was old news, and Res- 
taurant Associates, the firm with which 
he had worked to create his biggest tri- 
umphs, was losing money. The compa- 
ny fired him as president while he was 
in the hospital recuperating from peri- 
tonitis. He found other consulting jobs. 
But when the World Trade Center offer 
came, it had been years since he had 
worked on such a high-profile project. 

Even before Windows opened on 
April 12, 1976, this magazine touted it 

as THE MOST SPECTACULAR RESTAURANT 

in the world on the cover. Baum, with 
his knack for both anticipating and 
massaging trends, gave nouvelle cui- 
sine, then the rage, a new American ac- 
cent. He divided the acre of space on 
the north tower's 107th floor into sev- 
eral bars and two restaurants — Win- 
dows and the cozier Cellar in the Sky, 
where every night a different menu 
complemented a collection of wine that 
had few local rivals. And, of course, 
there were the views. Even if everyone 
professed to hate its monstrous banali- 
ty, the World Trade Center was still the 
tallest building in New York. Windows 
redefined the restaurant as showplace 
and hot ticket. Its success doubtless fig- 
ured in Rockefeller Center's choice of 
Baum more than ten years later to su- 
pervise the $20 million overhaul of the 
Rainbow Room. 

Not long after the Rainbow Room re- 
opened, Windows entered a downward 
spiral. After peaking at $25 million in 
1988, revenues were $18 million in 
1 992. For most New Yorkers, Windows 
was a place to take out-of-towners 
when no one could think of anywhere 
else to go. Although the restaurant was 
not damaged in the World Trade Center 
bombing three years ago, the Port Au- 



thority shut Windows down and solicit- 
ed bids for its renovation. 

More than 30 restaurateurs vied to 
overhaul the space. Finalists included 
Warner LcRoy, owner of Tavern of the 
Green and now the Russian Tea Room, 
chef David Bouley (before LeRoy hired 
him to help revamp the Russian Tea 
Room), and Alan Stillman, owner of 
Smith & Wollensky and the Manhattan 
Ocean Club, among others. A familiar- 
ity with the site surely played a part in 
the final choice of Baum and Michael 
Whiteman, his longtime associate and 
president of the consulting firm named 
for the pair. (Whiteman's wife, cook- 
book author Rozanne Gold, is culinary 
director of the consulting company.) As 
did the team's terrific success rehabili- 
tating the Rainbow Room. 

Downtown, of course, got a life in 
the twenty years since Windows first 
opened. And now that the city is en- 
couraging old office buildings to be 
converted to apartment complexes, 
well-off people will actually be living in 
the financial district — the kind of peo- 
ple Windows wants to attract. 

Many of them will have no memory 
of a time when the restaurant was any- 



thing but a place where you paid too 
much to feel like you were in an air- 
plane. Even if the creative team could 
hardly be called ageist — Baum celebrat- 
ed his 75th birthday last August with an 
appropriately snazzy party complete 
with chorus girls — they knew that a pre- 
dominantly older clientele wouldn't 
generate the projected $30 million an- 
nual gross ($85,000 a day, compared 
with the Rainbow Room's $77,000 dai- 
ly take) needed to quickly recoup the 
$25 million refurbishing cost. 

Baum's restaurants are known for in- 
fluencing what and how patrons are 
served all over the country — not for their 
return on investment. The new Windows 
is unabashedly aimed at party planners 
and tourists, and it's likely to succeed 
with both. This might be getting away 
from Baum's pathbreaking sophistica- 
tion, but he has different priorities now. 
He isn't in it just for the visibility and the 
offers of lucrative follow-up jobs. As he 
is fond of saying, this time he and his 
business partner in Rainbow, David 
Emil, a former president of the Battery 
Park City Authority and son of real-es- 
tate developer Arthur Emil (a longtime 
associate of Baum's) are tenants — the 



44 NEW YORK JULY 15, 1996 




PLAYING IT SAFE FOR THE SIOUX CITY FOLKS: CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT, LAMB-AND- 
MERGUEZ-SAUSAGE KEBABS; GULF SHRIMP; QUAIL ISTANBUL; AND RACK OF LAMB. 



actual leaseholders and operators. 

Perhaps because of the high stakes, 
the consultant's motto at this location 
appears to be "Safety first." The design- 
ers have clearly gone for glitz over orig- 
inality. And the "worldview" that Baum 
& Co. talked about incessantly as they 
reworked the menu is a watered-down 
meld of various influences in a reassur- 
ing French base, carefully steering clear 
of anything that might seem weird to 
non-cosmopolites. The new Windows 
will not issue a call to adventurous 
eaters, as the old Windows did. 

There are still two main restaurants: 
Windows on the World, which seats 
240, and Cellar in the Sky, which will 
seat only 60 when it opens, after Labor 
Day. The wine cellar survived the bomb- 
ing intact (it was on the top floor), and 
Kevin Zraly, who built and oversaw it, is 
back, too. Catering is expected to gener- 
ate 40 to 50 percent of annual revenues, 
and parties have been in full swing for 
over a month. 

The team's fabled creativity is so far 
visible mainly in the bar, which is meant 
to lure younger locals who never would 
have considered taking the elevator to 
the top, even if they passed the building 



every day. There is no dress code, as 
there was throughout the old Windows 
and there is elsewhere in the new (jack- 
ets, ties optional). In an expanded, 
6.000-square-foot corner space, there 
are now not one but three separate 
bars — a raw seafood bar, a sushi bar, and 
a bar where wooden panels lift to reveal 
individual cooktops where patrons can 
simmer their own shabu-shabu. a kind 
of make-your-own Mongolian hot pot. 
Baum and his associates seem to relish 
just pronouncing shabu-shabu. 

With his usual modesty. Baum has 
named this "The Greatest Bar on Earth" 
(the old one was merely the Great Bar. 
but if Ringling Brothers and Barnum & 
Bailey has its way. the new bar will be 
no greater: The circus has just filed a 
trademark-infringement lawsuit). 
Milton Glaser, who has designed 
graphics and china for Baum's proj- 
ects for years, has come up with 
a bold logo for the menu. Michael 
Whiteman has a special fascination with 
bars, and so far the substantial snacks 
he has helped devise include terrific 
seared quail wrapped in grape leaves 
and served on caramelized onions and 
homey couscous: there are lots of things 



on skewers, and designer pizzas. 

The bar is supposed to rock. In one 
corner, a rhythm-and-blues band gets 
going every Thursday, Friday, and Sat- 
urday at ten, at high volume. Beside the 
shabu-shabu bar is a baby grand piano. 
There's space for singers or instrumen- 
talists to pop up, sing or play a set. and 
disappear. And the Skybox is a sepa- 
rately ventilated and fully enclosed 
room next to the bar that's devoted to 
cigar-smoking. 

The idea of the new complex is to re- 
mind you insistently that you're in the 
middle of a city; the uniting theme in 
Hardy's design is cities as seen from 
above. The bar floor is tiled in the gray- 
and-white pattern of the pavement in 
Venice's Piazza San Marco. Carpet 
squares on both floors show details of 
grids from a dozen city maps; it can 
take a while to figure out the gimmick. 
The grays, rusts, and chartreuses Hardy 
has chosen have struck some early visi- 
tors as reminiscent of the seventies, a 
decade in full-bore revival in fashion 
and music. ("You mean, I got it right?" 
Hardy responds. "We were trying to 
match the colors of twilight.") But the 
polished-aluminum details and the mir- 
rored ceilings, to compensate for low 
height of the rooms, seem Marriott-like. 

Another theme is clouds and stars, 
which seem to preoccupy both Baum 
and Glaser. (Aurora and Rainbow & 
Stars, on which the two also collaborat- 
ed, both featured these same celestial el- 
ements.) The first thing people see when 
they get off the elevator is a glass-bead- 
ed curtain depicting a bright-blue-and- 
yellow raft of clouds — the colors of the 
new Windows, which Glaser says he 
borrowed from Monet's Giverny color 
palette. What remains of Glaser's ambi- 
tious art installation (in the end. the Port 
Authority in the nineties couldn't spend 
as freely on art as John D. Rockefeller's 
descendants could at the Rainbow 
Room in the mid-eighties) is four ten- 
foot-high sculpted skyscrapers: they 
glow merrily in the bar, looking some- 
thing like pylons by way of Red Grooms. 

The bar is aggressively cheery, with 
colored bands on the bartender's jackets 
that spell out wow. the hopeful new ab- 
breviation of WOTW. Even gaudier are 
the sunrise-striped uniforms for the 
ground-floor car valets; if they look like 
psychedelic versions of the Rainbow 
Room's bellhop outfits, it's because 
Baum used the same designer, Carrie 
Robbins. But they, at least, mitigate the 
bombastic sterility of the World Trade 
Center entrance. 

The bar is likely to be the most care- 
fully studied and copied part of the new 
Windows. If there is something of the 



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A CIGAR ROOM THAT'S JUST A CIGAR ROOM: THE SKYBOX NEXT TO THE BAR IS A SEPARATELY 
VENTILATED SPACE WELL SUITED TO SUCKING ON COHIBAS AND MONTECRISTOS. 



mall about it in addition to something 
of the piazza, is that a mistake? Tourists 
like food courts. Except for weekend 
brunch, the bar and the main restaurant 
will function during the day as part of 
the WOTW club, open only to dues- 
paying members; an adjacent small 
restaurant area will be open to anyone 
who walks in. There are some who have 
questioned restricting public access to 
the restaurant at lunch, since a public 
agency contributed $17 million toward 
the renovation. But the Port Authority 
approved the club arrangement, which 
sensibly helps ensure steady lunch busi- 
ness, in the restaurant's lease. 

A place the size of Windows or the 
Rainbow Room doesn't really depend 
on the excellence of its food for its suc- 
cess. It's safe to assume that most peo- 
ple who use the Rainbow Room as a 
lunch club, or head there to celebrate a 
wedding anniversary beside the revolv- 
ing dance floor, or book a room for a 
party, don't give much thought to what 
comes out of the kitchen. Still, despite 
the views, Windows doesn't have the 
natural Art Deco cachet of the Rainbow 
Room or its convenient location. So 
Baum and Whiteman worked tirelessly 
on the menus in the weeks leading up to 
the opening. 

During any of the marathon tastings 
the team held in June, Baum would nev- 
er say anything blunt, like "This is per- 
fect," or "Cut down the salt." He makes 
his wishes known by allusion and indi- 
rection, a form of communication his 
collaborators say can be exasperating. 
The very gap between what he says and 
implies is the key to why he is inspira- 
tional: His chefs and designers can push 
themselves to be more inventive and fan- 
ciful than they thought possible. Even 
people who have suffered the lashings of 
Baum's famous temper rarely hesitate to 
work for him again. 

Baum and Whiteman make an odd 
pair, but the partnership has lasted for 
more than 25 years. (It may not last 
much longer: However astounding his 
longevity, Baum will retire, and the ar- 
rival of Emil has created tension, with 
Whiteman fretting that his contribution 
to the new Windows will be "written 
out of history.") Whiteman is tall, slim, 
nervous, and soft-spoken. Baum is 
short, barrel-chested, infallibly dapper, 
and restless, with the air of a mandarin 
for whom life holds few surprises. 
When a waitress at one of the first 
catered parties offers him a newly de- 
vised hors d'oeuvre, he picks it up with- 
out looking and says, with a boule- 
vardier's practiced insouciance, "I'll eat 
anything." Whiteman begins any report 
of a new addition to the menu he's tast- 



ed with a remark about how much 
weight he's gaining. 

Rather than hire one executive chef, 
Baum and Whiteman decided that the 
complex of restaurants on two acre- 
size floors would be better served by a 
"culinary director" and a team of four 
chefs, each of whom receives more or 
less equal billing. So far, there are 52 
cooks, aside from the preparation and 
cleanup crews. The culinary director i6 
Georges Masraff, a surpassingly ele- 
gant man born in Egypt, who is the son 
of a CBS News producer. Masraff fin- 
ished medical school before deciding to 
change careers, and apprenticed in 
about every famous French restaurant 
you can think of. He can run huge 
kitchens; he worked for a record five 
years as executive corporate chef at 
Tavern on the Green. 

The lines of authority are unconven- 
tional, and Masraff functions as some- 
thing of a head coach. The catering de- 
partment is under the direction of 
Frederic Kieffer, recently the executive 
chef at the Museum of Natural History. 
Philippe Feret, the chief cook for Win- 
dows on the World restaurant, worked 
with Masraff at Tavern on the Green 



and attracted a following at midtown's 
Cafe Centro (a latter-day Restaurant 
Associates production). Marc Murphy, 
sous-chef at both Layla and Le Cirque, 
will be chef of Cellar in the Sky — a big 
job, since his food, in theory, will be the 
most identifiable: The restaurant is 
small and has only one seating a night. 
Patrick Woodside, the pastry chef, has 
worked in New York at Sette Moma 
but trained mainly in England, at Le 
Manoir aux Quat Saisons, and with 
Marco Pierre White at his eponymous 
London restaurant. 

Baum demands spectacle. The food at 
Windows has to compete with the view, 
he says — or give diners something to 
look at when it's foggy. The terraced L- 
shaped restaurant in soothing, subtle 
grays is still configured to give diners 
what they came to see; Hardy's design 
varies the surfaces, with faceted trian- 
gular "origami" ceiling panels and light- 
ed alcoves recessed behind banquettes. 

The centerpiece of the old restaurant 
was a huge buffet table. It remains a 
buffet at lunch, but at night, it becomes 
a gueridon where white-suited chefs fin- 
ish and carve main courses. (Baum and 
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cop 




IT'S THE END OF WINDOWS ON THE WORLD AS WE KNEW IT. BUT THE NEW DINING ROOM 
STILL HAS SHADES OF SEVENTIES SWANK AND WILL FUNCTION AS A PRIVATE CLUB AT LUNCH. 



gueridon, which translates merely to 
"round table," almost as much as 
shabu-shabu.) The design team thinks 
that "extending the kitchen to the din- 
ing room" is novel and certainly prefer- 
able to "some dead buffet with flow- 
ers," as Whiteman says. But the concept 
is not new in Europe, and not really 
here, either. California brought us the 
exhibition kitchen more than a decade 
ago, and Baum himself revived table- 
side cart service at The Four Seasons. 

What characterizes the dishes at the 
new Windows so far is size (and price: 
The average entree costs $27). An ap- 
petizer of whole roasted foie gras is 
presented in a big copper saute pan at 
the table before being brought to be 
sliced at the gueridon (you can try say- 
ing it, too). A big wild-caught bass is 
stuffed with herbs, roasted, and pre- 
sented whole. Rack of lamb is roasted 
as a tied crown, so the top looks like 
the Statue of Liberty; the chef carves 
off the crown and wraps it so you can 
take it home as a souvenir. A caveman- 
size veal shank is smeared with Mexi- 
can spices, roasted en papillote, and 
presented vertically so you think an 
Oldenburg is coming to your table. Be- 



fore the shank disappears to the gueri- 
don, the paper is snipped so you can 
smell all the spices escaping. A roast 
chicken is stuffed under the skin with 
so many fresh herbs that "they cost 
more than the chicken," Whiteman 
says. It is served whole, on a big star- 
shaped piece of fried bread. 

Aside from the stupendous size of 
the dishes — an anti-nouvelle policy 
sure to please red-blooded out-of- 
towners, even if the menu contains al- 
most no beef — little on the new menu 
is likely to titillate copycats. What is 
new is the large-scale use of local in- 
gredients. Part of the novelty at the old 
Windows was that any herb or mush- 
room a chef wanted was flown in. 
Now chefs can commission farmers in 
the region to grow for them, and Win- 
dows has already put in a year's worth 
of orders. (The recent hiring of Waldy 
Malouf, who has long supported local 
farmers at the Hudson River Club, as 
chef-director of the Rainbow Room 
shows the team's commitment to the 
idea.) Baum's daughter, Hilary, has 
been active in bringing Greenmarkets 
to poor neighborhoods, and she 
helped convince Baum that the new 



Windows should spend money to en- 
courage "sustainable cuisine," as Baum 
says. (He is either mistaking the phrase 
sustainable agriculture or coining a 
very nineties term. It's always hard to 
tell with him.) 

A few days after the formal opening, 
the big ideas weren't coming across as 
well in the dining room as they did in 
the kitchen during the preliminary tast- 
ings. The foie gras was overcooked to 
firm liverdom — and in a sweet reduced- 
red-wine sauce with red grapes, which 
is hardly summery. And Honey, who 
shrunk the chicken? A small bird now 
appears in place of the original big 
roaster, resulting in rubbery flesh 
where the big bird was tender and 
moist. All the seasoning is timid, as if 
the restaurant were already cooking for 
the folks thrilled to be visiting this 
mighty metropolis instead of the na- 
tives, who routinely sample four differ- 
ent cuisines a week. Menu language can 
be stilted and outdated ("Found by our 
French chef on a sojourn in the Ori- 
ent"), with some seemingly uninten- 
tional howlers (good shrimp in a 
creamy sauce with caviar is a "dish we 
discovered in a Danish hamlet"). 
Patrick Woodside's desserts show none 
of the startling freshness and meticu- 
lous handmade care they did at the first 
catered parties. 

The wines — always a strong suit — 
bear surprisingly reasonable prices, and 
Andrea Immer, the beverage director, 
comes up with original and excellent 
suggestions. The staff at both the bar 
and the restaurant may not have mas- 
tered all the traffic patterns, but it is 
professional and helpful. And even if 
the new menu only glancingly betrays 
the season 1 07 stories below, there is a 
new and welcome emphasis on fresh 
vegetables. 

Baum says he's optimistic, and the cu- 
rious foodies who have already snagged 
the limited number of reservations the 
restaurant is accepting in its first weeks 
will find reason for optimism. And 
there is Cellar in the Sky to look for- 
ward to. "The public is not cynical 
about it," Baum says of the restaurant's 
reopening. "They hope like hell that the 
food will be good, the service will be 
personal and considerate. There's an ex- 
citement about the singularity of the 
place, here on top of two towers, inside 
a lot of sky." 

But just because many people wish 
him and his collaborators well doesn't 
mean everyone does. "It's like going to 
the circus and watching the aerialists do 
tricks," he says. "You don't really want 
them to fall, but the excitement of the 
possibility is enormous." m 



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BEST BETS 

The best of all possible things to buy, see, and do in the best of all possible cities 



BY CORKY POLLAN 



Beach Plum 

Outdoor showers — those beach-house essentials — 
are usually pretty grungy and rusty, but Michael 
Rizzuto, of Gracious Home, has fabricated a 
seriously elegant version inspired by an industrial 
cold shower he spotted in England. He made the 
head bigger (five inches in diameter), the arm 
longer (sixteen inches), added a porcelain pull 
and a hot-water option, and had the components 
made of chrome-plated brass by the English 
company Flo-rite ($599; optional water mixer 
not included). 

GRACIOUS HOME/ 1220 Third Avenue, at 70th 
Street /5 17 -6300 




Balance Beam 

No need to grope in the dark to switch on this 
clever little table light: Tilting it to the right or left 
turns it on or off. K was created by Italian product 
designers Alberto Meda, Franco Raggi, and Denis 
Santachiara, and is manufactured by the lighting 
company Luceplan. The translucent fez-shaped 
shade is made of poJyurethane and accommodates 
a 40-watt bulb ($98). 
moss/ 1 4b Greene Street /22b-2 190 




Cold Storage 

The French have come up with a smart solution to 
the problem of keeping food cold in sultry summer 
weather: the Matfer Coldplate. Place its two eutectic 
blocks in the freezer for 24 hours, set them in the 
ABS-plastic tray, then cover with the scratch- 
resistant, tempered-glass plate. Salads, fish, fowl, 
cheeses, pastries, whatever, will stay chilled for up to 
six hours ($165). 

lamalle kitchenware/56 West 25th Street/242-0750 



Your Turn 

A sculpture? A puzzle? A toy? Turn is 
a bit of each. It's a German invention 
that's manufactured in Canada and 
consists of twelve nontoxic wooden right 
angles (and one ball) that can be 
twisted into scores of shapes or 
snapped apart and reconnected to 
create seemingly endless 
configurations ($31.98). 
game show/474 Sixth Avenue, near 12th 
Street/b55-b528; and 1240 Lexington 
Avenue, near 84th Street/472-801 1 




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THE GOODS RENE CHUN 



Exclusive Club 

The vintage club chair is cropping up in some pretty fabulous places. 
Is this the next Biedermeier or just a Frenchified Barcalounger 



THE FIRST THING GUESTS NOTICED 
when they entered the lobby of 
the newly renovated Morgans 
Hotel last October wasn't An- 
dree Putman's taupe-colored 
glass walls or custom-made 
wool rugs. It was the four vin- 
tage club chairs draped with 
luxurious houndstooth throws. Flash for- 
ward to April 1996. Keith McNally, the 
man behind such seminal spots as Nell's, 
Cafe Luxembourg, and Odeon, opened 
Pravda, a vodka bar that attracted a crowd 
so preternatural ly hip it instantly became 
known as "Prada." McNally 's major design 
statement? Sixteen vintage club chairs, 
sprouting up like leather spores. 

Yes, club chairs are back. More specifi- 
cally, French Art Deco leather club chairs 
imported from Parisian flea markets are 
back. In a city where furniture styles are 
embraced and discarded with increasing 
frequency, this is news. "It's really quite 
amazing," said the interior designer Dana 
Nicholson, commenting on the club chair's 
renewed popularity. "I have no idea why 
there is such a passion for this particular 
chair. Deco fever peaked a long time ago." 

It certainly did. By the end of the eight- 
ies, French Deco was played out. Not only 
was there far too much hype, but inexpen- 
sive reproductions began flooding the mar- 
ket. And, of course, there was Mr. Lauren. 
After several years of seeing vintage leather 
club chairs (French as well as the wing- 
backed English versions) styled 
with Navajo and Pendleton blan- 
kets in Ralph's ads and boutiques, 
designers and editors knew it was 
time to move on. And just last 
year. Pottery Barn knocked off its 
own version, the "Paris Chair," which has 
since been replaced by the "Paramount 
Club Chair," essentially the same but up- 
holstered with more-distressed leather. 

But the combined clout of a superstar 
designer and a flash Brit restaurateur can 
even overcome the stigma of mass produc- 
tion. If they were so inclined, Putman and 
McNally could probably resurrect the 
beanbag chair. At a recent Pravda opening 
party, people fell over themselves to put in 
bids on the eight surplus chairs McNally 



Pottery 
Barn's latest 




had stashed in a warehouse across 
town. Nadine Johnson, a public- 
relations maven who counts the 
new Morgans Bar among her clients, was 
the first to cut a check. The appeal? "They 
smell sooo good," says Johnson in her ex- 
travagant Belgian accent. "Like an old 
Lamborghini." 

This fetish is all the more surprising 
when one considers that these chairs are 
generic artifacts. Inspect an original club 
chair closely. No designer name. Not even 
a label. The chair's basic form can be 
traced back to the work of several Deco 
masters, particularly Jacques-Emile Ruhl- 



PHOTOGRAPHED BY FRANCESCO MOSTO 

FOR NEW Y O K K 



mann's legendary "elephant chair," show- 
cased at the 1 926 "Salon des Artistes De- 
corateurs" in Paris. But it was anonymous 
French craftsmen, toiling in cramped 
workshops, who were ultimately respon- 
sible for the thousands of club chairs on 
display in antique shops today. 

Nancy McClelland, the international 
head of Christie's twentieth-century-deco- 
rative-arts department, explains the allure 
of these unpedigreed chairs: "They are at- 
tractive and incredibly comfortable. Be- 
yond that, these chairs are unobtrusive and 
more in tune with today's aesthetic. Let's 
face it, the gilded late eighties are over. 



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lean-Michel Frank is slightly too severe, 
and Ruhlmann is slightly too precious." 

And way too expensive. At Sotheby's 
Andy Warhol-estate auction in 1988, a 
pair (nobody buys just one) of lean- 
Michel Frank club chairs sold for 
S46.750. The no-name version like those 
at Pravda can be had for anywhere from 
$2,000 to $8,000 a pair, depending on 
the condition. But a matched set can be 
purchased in Paris for as little as Si. 600 
(plus $500 shipping). Demand is so great 
at "les Puces" — the huge flea market at 
St. Ouen, just outside of Paris — that 
there are two dealers at the market who 



the mid-thirties, department stores like 
Samaritaine and Printemps entered the 
market, and the chairs went mainstream. 
Inevitably, quality went down and corners 
were cut — cheaper upholstery methods, 
less detailing, seat cushions covered in fab- 
ric rather than leather. Overnight, h> club 
chair became declasse. The leather 
thrones, once so chic, became the quintes- 
sential institutional chair, surfacing in the 
lobbies of modest hotels, the waiting 
rooms of doctors and dentists. 

It took half a century and a celebrated 
French interior designer like lacques 
Grange (clients include Catherine Deneuve 




deal almost exclusively in club chairs. 

Carl Morton, the president of Matsuda 
U.S.A., made the trip to les Puces to secure 
the two cognac-colored chairs that now oc- 
cupy his lower-Fifth Avenue apartment. 
"It was inconvenient, and it took three 
months to get them delivered, but it was 
worth it," says Morton. "When you sink in- 
to all that leather, it's such a sensual feeling, 
like putting on an incredibly well-cut suit." 

For a French bourgeois family living in 
the twenties, a pair of Deco club chairs 
was practically mandatory, and countless 
cabinetmakers across the country were 
producing them at a frenetic rate. But by 



Vintage 
shabby chic 
at Pravda. 



and Yves Saint Laurent) to 
revive the club chair's status. 
When he began using them 
extensively in the eighties, American de- 
signers followed suit. Today the vintage 
chairs are appearing in the editorial pages 
of women's fashion magazines and on 
movie sets. "They're the biggest-selling 
leather item we sell," says Stephen Bonan- 
no at ABC Carpet & Home. "I go to France 
and bring back about 50 a month." 

Which raises the question of authentici- 
ty. Unlike those by Ruhlmann and Frank, 
there seems to be an inexhaustible supply 
of these things. A woman recently went in- 



to ABC and ordered fifteen club chairs, as 
if she were shopping at IKEA. "There are 
50 million people in France, and many of 
them have grandparents that owned a pair 
of these chairs," says Charles Fuller, co- 
owner of L'Art de Vivre, a shop that sells 
early-twentieth-century French furniture. 
Not so, counters Thomas O'Brien, the 
owner of Aero Studio: "I've personally 
ripped apart some 'original' club chairs and 
found them stuffed with foam rubber in- 
stead of wool and horsehair." With no ex- 
posed wood, and convincingly aged leather 
readily available, is it any wonder that en- 
terprising Frenchmen are now moonlight- 
ing as cabinetmakers? "A lot of people are 
being taken," says O'Brien flatly. "There 
are definitely club chairs at les Puces that 
were slapped together last week." ABC's 
Bonanno dismisses the idea of rampant 
forgeries: "I've never been offered any fake 
vintage club chairs. Ours are original from 
the thirties and forties. We stand behind 
them." Authenticity, if not provenance and 
cracked leather, is also guaranteed from a 
company in Normandy that never stopped 
making club chairs. For $7,500. Howard 



"...For /French 
bourgeois family 

in the twenties, club 
chairs were practically 
mandatory. 



Kaplan Antiques will order a pair for you. 

But bottom line, is a chair like this ac- 
tually worth owning? Stephen Sills and 
James Huniford, the decorator darlings of 
the moment, say not. Sills: "This is not 
great design. It's the French equivalent of 
the Barcalounger." Huniford: "Please! 
This is strictly for the masses. People 
should be more obsessed with furniture 
with a name behind it, like Andre Arbus 
or Samuel Marx." Furniture designer 
Klaus Nienkamper shrugs off such dis- 
missals. He admires the chairs so much 
that he flew to Paris, found the perfect 
specimen, dissected it and used it as 
the prototype for his personal 
homage — the "Paris Archive Lounge 
Chair." "When I cut into the seat, I found 
opera tickets and Metro tokens from the 
thirties," says Nienkamper of his flea- 
market find. "The craftsmanship was su- 
perior — hardwood frame, large coil 
springs that were hand-tied, piping on the 
arms — no shortcuts. And the lines are be- 
yond reproach. People would do well to 
remember that there was no Mr. Bieder- 
meier. Biedermeier was built by unknown 
men in Germany and Austria. It is the 
same with the club chair." m 



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SALES & BARGAIN: DANY LEVY 



AINS DANY LEVY 

Super Fly 



This week, it's attitude at a discount. From Black Fly's 

modish shades to strappy sandals by Manolo Blahnik. 



A PAIR OF MANOLO BLAHNIK SHOES 
can run as much as a month's rent 
on an East Village apartment. And 
the company's sample sale is ab- 
solutely prive (sorry, we tried). 
But take heart: The retail sale offers a 
third off, and with prices like these, that's 
some hefty savings. Strappy sandals, 
mules, pumps, and more. Manolo Blah- 
nik, 15 W. 55th St. (582-3007); A.E., 
M.C., V; Mon.-Fri. 10:30 a.m.-b p.m., 
Sat. 1 1 fl.rn.-5 p.m.; through 8/10. 

A Mute Point 

CITISILENCE IS A COMPANY THAT INSTALLS 
interior noise-reduction windows. Its 
very-high-tech system consists of an inte- 
rior window that goes where a screen 
would and does not require building ap- 
proval because existing windows remain 
untouched. The company is now offering 
25 percent off. Here are examples of 
prices: treatment for master-bedroom 
window, was $965, now $724; for office 
window, was $440, now $335. Free esti- 
mates. CitiSilence, 247 E. 83rd St. (874- 
5562); A.E., M.C., V; through 9/1. 

The Tortoise and the Hair 

ZITOMER IS A COSMETICS FIEND'S ELYSIAN 

Fields (and it's got 4,000 house charge ac- 
counts to prove it). The Madison Avenue 
drugstore-department store's July sale has 
all hairbrushes at 1 0 percent off, tortoise- 
shell hair accessories at 15 percent off, 
and magnifying mirrors at 20 percent off. 
Large Mason Pearson hairbrush, was 
$135, now $121.50; tortoise-claw clip, 
was $28, now $23.50. Zitomer, 969 
Madison Ave., near 76th St. (757-5560); 
A.E., M.C., V, checks; Mon.-Fri. 9a.m.-8 
p.m.. Sat. 9 a.m.-7 p.m.. Sun. 10 a.m.-6 
p.m.; through 7/31. 



Old Soles 

DARROW, A VINTAGE-CLOTHING-AND-AN- 

tiques shop, has one of the most extensive 

DO NOT PHONE: Send suggestions to Dany Levy, New 
York Magazine, 755 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 
10017-5998, six weeks before the sale. Only sales 
exclusive to "Sales & Bargains" and not previously 
advertised or published elsewhere will be considered. 



collections of vintage shoes 
town (fashion magazines often 
borrow them for photo 
shoots). It's just installed a 
new Deco shoe depart- 
ment, and for the inau- 
gural gig, the store is 
selling never-worn shoes 
(regularly $59-$89) 
that date from the thir- 
ties to the seventies at 
two pairs for $100. Dar- 
row, 7 W. 19th St. (255- 
1550); A.E., M.C., V; Mon.- 
Sat. 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; through 8/51. 

Skirting the Issue 

SUB1TO SPECIALIZES IN PRICEY (THINK FOUR 
figures) designer women's wear from 
Italy. Once again, we have to be terribly 
elliptical about names, but most could be 
classified as "haute." (Several begin with 
the letter F, if that helps.) Through July, 
it's open to the public, with prices 50 per- 
cent off wholesale: Genny blouses, retail 
up to $400, here $75; suits, retail $1 ,100- 
$2,200, here $275-$500. Subito, 390 
Fifth Ave., entrance on 56th St., Suite 61 1 
(290-2646); checks accepted; Mon.-Fri. 
9:50 a.m.-4 p.m.; through 7/31. 

Fleaing the City 

MANHATTANITES, OFTEN DEPRIVED OF THE 
joys of yard sales, may start to feel a little 
gypped. But the biannual clean-out sale 
at the resale shop A Second Chance has 
tag-sale prices that can take out a bit of 
the sting. Used clothing from Donna 
Karan, Calvin Klein, Vittadini, and Ta- 
hari has been reduced to $10-$35. 
Blouses, sweaters, slacks, and skirts are 
$10; blazers, $20; suits, $35; dresses, 
$30. A Second Chance, 1133 Lexington 
Ave., near 79th St. (744-6041); M.C., V; 
Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat. till 6 
p.m.; through 8/31. 

House of Style 

SUSAN STILLMAN'S CUSTOMIZED PAINTINGS 

of people's homes (mostly exteriors, most- 
ly exurban) have been featured in the New 
York Times and Country Home. Book her 
services before the end of July, and receive 




Black Fly sunglasses, like these Jackie O.-inspired 
ones, are 25 percent off at Shades of the Village, 
33D Greenwich Avenue (255-7767); through July 15. 

$300 off the $2,100 cost for dimensions 
ranging from 26" to 48". Other sizes avail- 
able. For appointments, call Susan Still- 
man Home Portraits (914-682-3771). 

Plaster Man 

PROPS, DISPLAYS AND INTERIORS INC. HELPS 

build the window displays for stores like 
Saks. Which explains the wood shop in 
back. But they also sell tchotchkes like ter- 
ra-cotta angels, mirrors, and "Heart Art," 
a collection of handmade wall hangings — 
all now on sale. Resin picture frames were 
$ 1 0-$ 1 6, now $8-$ 1 3; gold resin column 
mirrors were $25, now $20. Props, Dis- 
plays and Interiors, 132 W. 18th St. (620- 
3840); checks accepted; Mon.-Fri. 9 
a.m. -5 p.m.: through 8/15. 

Le Dejeuner sur L'Herbe 

THE ZAGAT MARKETPLACE SURVEY GIVES A 

firm stamp of approval (a 24 rating out of 
30) to the caterers the Movable Feast. 
Through August, a 1 5 percent discount is 
available to new customers. Discounts ap- 
ply to the following rates: Food for cock- 
tail parties normally begins at $20 per per- 
son; dinners normally begin at $35 per 
person. The Movable Feast; for menus, de- 
tails, and a free brochure, contact Ellen 
Berson at 227-7755. m 



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Photograph by Sieve Wisbaucr. 



MOVIES DAVID DEtyBY 



J ID DEIjJBY 
!unous George 



In 'Phenomenon, ' we meet George, a sweet dullard who wakes up brainy but not — 

God forbid — intellectual; 'Striptease' is the {unintentional) comedy event of the season. 



THE SOFT, ARCADIAN STYLE OF ION TURTELTAUB'S 
Phenomenon is very pleasing — for a while. 
The movie is set in small-town Northern Cal- 
ifornia, whose golden hills and dark-green 
trees possess a unique style of unspectacular, 
blended harmony; the light is strong yet not 
glaring, and the days seem to go on forever. 
In the big summer-season hits, the world gets 
blown up again and again, and it's a relief to see some- 
one put it back together. Turtletaub, the director of 
While You Were Sleeping, likes to let a scene breathe. In 
his fictional town of Harmon, the people all seem root- 
ed to their little bit of earth— Forest Whitaker playing a 
lonely farmer, Kyra Sedgwick as a divorced mother 
afraid of men, and John Travolta easily inhabiting the 
body of the town mechanic, a pleasant mediocrity 
named George Malley. On his 37th birthday, George 
wanders drunkenly into the street and gets bopped on 
the noggin and knocked sprawling by a small circle of 
light that descends from the sky. When he wakes up, he 
feels an insatiable curiosity and desire — to read any 
book he can get hold of, to poke into things and figure 
them out, to experiment with plantings and soil, to 
crack a complicated military code. He is not interested 
in money or power. He's a Faust without a tempting 
Mephistopheles — his soul belongs to no one but him- 
self. So what did happen to him? Was he visited by the 
Big Guy in the sky? Has he been replaced by an alien 
with a taste for the Romance ^^^^^^^^^^^^ m 
languages (George learns Por- 
tuguese in twenty minutes)? 

)ohn Travolta has become 
very deft. He manages to sug- 
gest that he's still down-home 
George as he becomes a great 
brain. His George is chagrined 
by how easily he outclasses his 
friends, but he can't help do- 
ing it — and Travolta gives him 
a little smile of pleasure when 
he struts his stuff. The smile 
suggests not vanity, exactly, 
but simple joy, the way a kid 
who gets up on a bicycle for 
the first time might grin to 
himself as he passes the neigh- 
bors' houses. George becomes 
a genius but not an intellectu- 
al; he doesn't have ideas in the 
formal sense or develop cul- 
tural interests. He turns into a 
sort of rube Thomas Edison, a 
backyard tinkerer who just 
happens to possess the secrets 
of the universe. One can see 



the commercial calculation here — the fear of turning 
the audience off with fancy talk or intimidating man- 
ners. But the decision to keep George an informal coun- 
try fellow makes sense. The slow tempo, the open 
spaces, and the leisurely social life have produced a 
woolgatherer suddenly gathering gold; the beauty and 
quiet of the landscape add to the movie's sense of won- 
der, the Capraesque tone of gentle magic. We know 
we're watching a tall tale, and we're willing to be 
charmed. That George is so smart is funny — the gag 
never wears out — and an immense relief from the re- 
cent sanctification of simplicity. 

And then Phenomenon changes its tone and starts to 
fall apart — it's a sanctification of simplicity after all. I had 
intimations of trouble as George announced some of his 
mystical perceptions; and when he saved a little Por- 
tuguese immigrant boy, and people gathered around him 
as if he were (esus walking on water, 1 knew the trouble 
was serious. All along, I had been puzzled by Kyra Sedg- 
wick's divorcee. Obviously attracted, she refuses to go to 
bed with George, even though he has proved his decency 
again and again. Sedgwick can't provide any illumination 
in her performance because the answer is inadmissible. 
George needed to attain spirituality, the ultimate spiritu- 
ality of a dying saint. What starts as a comedy about a big 
brain turns ethereal and soft and insufferably noble. 

Phenomenon becomes an inspirational lesson 
about making the most of our latent capacities. (Is any- 



Kyra Sedgwick 
and John 
Travolta in 
Phenomenon. 




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one actually opposed? The movie an- 
nounces it as if it were a daring truth.) 
Having found himself, George talks about 
the need to help others find themselves, 
and Travolta begins to glow fatuously. In 
the end, his George is no more inspiring 
than one of the hucksters on late-night ca- 
ble who have passed on to others the very 
great power to sell real estate. 

HOW IS THE AUDIENCE SUPPOSED TO ENJOY 

Striptease? When Demi Moore loses her 
child in a custody battle, she takes a job 
as a topless dancer at the Eager Beaver 
club in Fort Lauderdale, but she hates 
stripping, just hates it — she does it only 
so she can earn enough money to get her 
daughter back. As men drool and come 
on to her, she goes to work with black fire 
in her eyes and disgust in her heart, and 
she's fascinating in a machinelike, vigor- 
ously hostile way — thrusting, jerking, and 
turning herself upside down for the slobs. 
The movie audience, of course, is put in 
the same position as the droolers. We 

want her to take off her clothes (how 
fO, could we not? The whole movie sets 
^ us up for it), but we're asked to iden- 
O tify with her anger. This poor woman 
™ is sacrificing herself to male lust! 

How disgusting! But wait — we're 
looking at her, too. We're turned into 
voyeurs by a famous woman undressing, 
and then punished for our curiosity. 

Demi Moore is a huffy exhibition- 
ist — the worst kind. She's so determined 
to demonstrate her virtue in Striptease 
that she never loosens up and gives a per- 
formance. She doesn't even suggest, for 
instance, that the stripper might enjoy her 
power over men. When some poor sap 
makes a pass, she bites his head off. 
Moore is hard and monochromatic, and 
she barely knows how to talk to Ving 
Rhames, who plays her pal, the club 
bouncer, and who gives his lines the ben- 
efit of a dry, slow-talking understatement 
that could only be called irony. Rhames, 
of course, never makes a pass — he's her 
faithful black protector. Only corrupt 
men like Burt Reynolds's bought-and- 
paid-for congressman would be so low as 
to demonstrate any sexual interest in a 
topless dancer. 

The movie is based on a funny book by 
Carl Hiaasen and could only be played (in 
a sane world) for comedy, but Andrew 
Bergman, the director, has a star on his 
hands with the wit of a |ohn Deere com- 
bine, and Bergman seems to have lost his 
bearings himself. There's some funny stuff 
backstage at the topless club, but Strip- 
tease is so punitive and hypocritical in 
form that the audience sits there in a funk, 
afraid to enjoy itself. This may be the first 
feminist, family-values striptease movie; it 
makes sex so repulsive that I'm sure no 
one in America will ever have a dirty 
thought again. h 



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ART MARK STEVENS 



Sal Village 



Uptown, the Guggenheim conducts a shallow tour of the African continent, though 

individual works are worth the trip; in SoHo, technology tests the crowd's attention span. 



AT FIRST GLANCE, THE TWO MAIN SUMMER 
exhibitions at the Guggenheim have noth- 
ing in common. Whereas Africa: The Art of a 
Continent is a historical survey of more 
than 500 works made over thousands of 
years, Mediascape is an up-to-the- 
minute show of fourteen works in- 
corporating the new media of video, 
virtual reality, and computer-generated images. 
Yet the two shows share a perspective — one 
characteristic of our moment — that is meretri- 
cious and finally damaging to the serious making 
of, and appreciation for, art. 

In the case of "Africa," which was organized 
by the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 
association with the Guggenheim, the 
quality of the art is very high. No one who 
loves African art, as I do, will want to 
miss it. But the show also celebrates 
African art in ways that diminish its 
true vitality. Organized around seven 
geographical areas, as in "Eastern 
Africa" or "Sahel and Savannah," it asks 
us to zip across centuries, a vast amount 
of territory, and dozens of local styles. No 
individual tradition is displayed in any 
depth. As a result, the show is relentlessly gen 
eral, its stress always "Africa" rather than. 
say, Yoruba carving or Berber jewelry. 

The reason for this is easy to identify: 
The organizers want to emphasize Africa 
the way others have emphasized Asia or 
Europe, laying claim to a common cul- 
ture that, like a tree, has many branches but 
a single trunk. This approach can be as ten- 
dentious when the subject is 
Africa as it can be with any oth- 
er continent. (An elegant Benin 
bronze and a bristling figure 
from the Kongo ethnic group 
of Zaire may both be African, 
but it is their irreconcilable dif- 
ferences that are more interest- 
ing.) In any case, if "Africa" is 
to be the guiding theme, the 
catalogue should contain 
deeply knowledgeable essays 
on the relations between the 
many cultures represented in 
the show. Instead, the organiz- 
ers mostly provide a light gloss 
on the subject. 

This quick pass across the 
highlights of the continent — 
without time taken to savor a 




particular tradition — excites the eye in a contemporary 
fashion. Each work becomes an isolated celebrity. Con- 
centration is difficult. Suppose you watched a televi- 
sion program called Asian Art that moved rapidly 
among Hindu temples, Chinese land- 
scape painting, and Japanese rock 
gardens. You would have the illu- 
sion of mastering much important 
territory, but the art itself would in- 
evitably blur in your mind's eye, los- 
ing the clarity of the particular. 
Here, the same is true: This exhibition 
is simply worthy television. 
At the same time, I have never seen 
African art look so naked. In the cavernous 
space of the Guggenheim, the pieces are 
dramatically placed — and prettily 
stripped. Many were made to be held in 
the hands and moved about; now they 
look frozen and still, posed in boutique 
Plexiglas. The absence of any depth or village 
density in the display of particular traditions 
leaves the individual pieces painfully 
isolated. While this is always a prob- 
lem when museums display art not 
created for museums, it is particular- 
ly acute in this exhibition. But the 
art, here, is not really the point. 
Earlier this year, the Guggenheim 
mounted a show of a century of ab- 
stract art, an overarching modern 
theme that plays to the museum's his- 
tory and strengths. It was widely 
panned for being superficial in its se- 
lection and presumptuous in its scale. 
This summer the same museum ad- 
dresses the art of a vast and varied 
continent, made over thousands of 
years, and almost everyone applauds. 
Why? Because today we are fearful 
when the subject is African art. The 
horror of slavery and exploitation, 
together with the condescension 
once directed toward African ob- 
jects, conditions our response. That 
history dominates our eye, and be- 
comes, paradoxically, another way we 
push around the art. 

In "Mediascape," at the downtown 
Guggenheim, a fear of history also 
dominates our response to the work, 
and the feeling of generalization is no 
less relentless. Here, we are implicitly 
told to take an interest in works of art 
merely because (continued on page 58) 



Beauty behind 
the glass: Yoruba 
Shango shrine 
figure with child, 
in wood, Yoruba, 
Nigeria, late 
19th ( 



Photograph courtesy of the Guggenheim Museum. 



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enry! 



With the exception of David Van Tieghem's arresting music, the New York Shakespeare 

Festival's 'Henry V is a disaster — a production more hysterical than historical. 



Courting 
trouble: Andre 
Braugher and 
William Robert 
Doyle volley in 
Shakespeare in 
the Park's 
Henry V. 



I FA DIRECTOR ELIMINATES ONE OF THE FINEST CHAR- 
I acters in Henry V, the Chorus, and distributes his 
I lines among the lined-up cast (shades of Rent!), 
I we smell trouble. If a costume designer (Paul 
I Tazewell) switches from modern mafioso costumes 
I to medieval ones and back again, we know we're in 
I for it. And if none of the actors in the New York 
I Shakespeare Festival's current Central Park pro- 
duction can quite do justice to the speeches, someone — 
they or we — should quit. 

1 favor historicity in a history play, and find a black 
Henry unconducive to the suspension of disbelief, no 
matter how often the text recalls his descent from Ed- 
ward, the Black Prince. Still, it would profit Andre 
Braugher, a solid actor, not to make Henry inexplicably 
wrathful and nasty half the time, and either plangently 
stentorian or maniacally elocutionist the rest. Exagger- 
ated enunciation is as tiresome as sloppy diction. In any 
case, this is not the ideal monarch, as both Shakespeare 
and English history perceived him. 

As his opposite number, the Dauphin of France, an- 
other black actor, Teagle F. Bougere, recycles his last 
season's Caliban, whose unrelenting whiny surliness 
seems less in order here. As Charles VI of France, 
George Morfogen is all declamatory dullness; Daniel 
Oreskes, as the Constable, and the other French nobles 
(their numbers, like those of their English counterparts, 
severely reduced), have only the faintest glimmer of 
how to handle cynical banter. As Princess Katharine of 
France, Elizabeth Marvel, whose French may be the 
worst of any here, sports a pained look, like someone 



hiding a contraband canary in her mouth. Henry Stram. 
as the dapper French herald Montjoy, sounds and be- 
haves like a particularly lugubrious undertaker. Jerry 
Mayer is down to his usual cheap tricks as he greasily 
overacts Corporal Nym; John Woodson, as Exeter, is 
wooden and snarly enough to be both the tree and the 
dog that wrongly barks up it. 

There are those who get the chance to tackle (and 
topple) two parts. Thus Kathleen Chalfant, who should 
not venture beyond Tony Kushner plays, is totally hu- 
morless as Mistress Quickly and a bit of a pompous 
joke as Queen Isabel of France. Jeff Weiss's schemati- 
cally orotund Archbishop of Canterbury and overripe 
Ensign Pistol must share the same mother. Actors who 
double should not be recognizable in their second parts; 
here all doubles are one. 

Though almost nobody in this most English of plays 
sounds authentically autochthonous, Torquil Campbell 
as the Boy, Jarlath Conroy as Bardolph, and Kristine 
Nielsen as Alice fare best. Neil Patel's set is the cheap- 
est — in both senses — ever seen in Central Park. Two 
cobalt panels, with a golden sun and arc (rainbow?) 
childishly painted on them, slide open and shut. A couple 
of doors and a window spout entering actors or a patch 
of clouds. In the end, we even get a cliche star-studded 
night sky. Douglas Hughes's staging is amateurish. Only 
the music and sound effects, devised and executed by 
David Van Tieghem, are a total success. To all the others, 
I suggest attending a screening of Laurence Olivier's — or 
even Kenneth Branagh's — movie version, and hanging 
their heads in shame. As I did, watching them. ■ 



56 NEW YORK JULY 15, I996 



Photograph by Michal Daniel. 



DANCE TOBI TOBIAS 



OBIAS 

French Lessons 



That exemplary corps the Paris Opera Ballet returns, triumphant, after eight 

years; Pilobolus celebrates its silver anniversary with a mixed bag of old hits. 



THE Paris Opera Ballet, collectively the finest 
example we have today of pure classical tech- 
nique, just played New York with two pro- 
ductions — one traditional, the other newfan- 
gled. Marius Petipa's 1877 La Bayadere suf- 
fered from Rudolf Nureyev's Disney World- 
ish staging. Granted, the hokey exoticism of 
the original encouraged him. Set in a Victori- 
an armchair traveler's India, it's full of rajas, elephants, 
Brahmans, fakirs, and dancing girls both sacred and pro- 
fane — to which ostentatious scenery and gaudy costumes 
are only a natural response. The story's pretty garish, too: 
Brave, handsome warrior swears love for temple dancer 
of flawless body and soul but is forced to marry raja's 
daughter, who dispatches rival with poisonous snake; 
chief Brahman, throughout, up to no good. The piece is 
viable today largely for the ineffable Kingdom of the 
Shades act, in which our hero and heroine meet in a ce- 
lestial vision of the afterlife created by impeccable, ab- 
stract unison dancing from the female ensemble. 

The most sensible version we have of this piece is Na- 
talia Makarova's, for American Ballet Theatre. The best 
dancing, however — despite ABT's fine rendition — is the 
POB's. Three centuries of tradition, commencing with 
the Sun King himself, have gone into the making of the 
French School, and its current practitioners, who illumi- 
nate even this ersatz Bayadere, are exemplary. Sleek, 
long-limbed bodies are chosen for a scrupulous training 
that emphasizes harmonious line, fluidity, precision, and 
delicacy. The style is decorative rather than robustly 



sculptural — a characteristic that surfaces again and 
again in French culture, beyond the confined realm of 
dance; it looks to me like part of the national ethos. 
Spontaneity and forthright vigor are essentially ruled 
out; as a result, many American viewers, bred to value 
these qualities, will find the French effete. I find them 
"foreign," but ravishing. Manuel Legris is a model of no- 
ble dignity — he could give lessons to kings — as well as 
so textbook-correct in the form of individual steps, he 
makes them look like moral precepts. The understate- 
ment of his dancing offers a telling contrast (and some- 
thing of a reproof) to the let-out-all-stops virtuosity fa- 
vored by the men at ABT, to say nothing of their Russ- 
ian counterparts. The extraordinary female roster — 
Isabelle Guerin foremost — adheres to the principles 
Legris illustrates. Monique Loudicres makes them a lit- 
tle more human, and we love her for it. 

Angelin Preljocaj's Le Pare (set to Great Moments 
from Mozart interspersed with musique concrete) repre- 
sented POB's ongoing tryst with so-called experimental 
dance. The ballet is an ambitious affair — an hour and a 
half sans intermission, with an imposing set that evokes 
France's formal gardens in heavy latticework and a 
plethora of costumes referring to diverse periods. Its 
theme derives mainly from two terrific and famous 
French novels, the seventeenth-century Princesse de 
Clews and the eighteenth-century Liaisons Dangereuses. 
From them it takes the idea of a woman's refusing a per- 
sistent lover in a society where sexual intrigue and sexu- 
al license are the norm. The novels tell you, very explicit- 



The Paris 
Opera Ballet 
performs 
Petipa's La 
Bayadere. 





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ly, why the lady in question resists — essen- 
tially at the cost of her life. Choreography 
can't achieve their combination of the erot- 
ic with the intricately cerebral. Preljocaj 
courts further trouble by attempting to re- 
late the issue to the present day, with its 
fear of aids and its prevalent social mis- 
trust thwarting true love and true lust. The 
choreography is far from experimental in 
its vocabulary. It mixes limited, skewed el- 
ements of classical ballet and weird arbi- 
trary gestures delivered with an air of ut- 
most significance. Then, to make its mean- 
ings clear, it capitulates to the literal, 
including the kind of kiss that once cli- 
maxed Hollywood's Technicolor romances. 

CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY, THE 

chamber-size dance group Pilobolus opened 
its annual month at the Joyce with several 
hits of the past. The earliest of them, Pi- 
lobolus — the moniker of a light-avid fun- 
gus that thrives on horse manure — was 
choreographed collaboratively by the male 
trio that performed it in 1971. Another 

generation has taken it over, and 
£j though the present guys are swell 

movers with personalities nearly as 
<— > distinctive as their predecessors', the 

dance looks tired. It answers the ques- 
tion. What kind of shapes can a bunch of 
bodies make if they're treated as parts of a 
single organism? When Pilobolus was 
brand-new, Alwin Nikolais had already 
been exploring these principles for a good 
quarter-century, and with far greater com- 
plexity and sophistication. 

Untitled, from 1975, has more individu- 
ality and more texture. It borrows from 
both the perverse eroticism of Max Ernst 
and Lewis Carroll's disturbing play with 
unexpected changes in size and propor- 
tion. Two women sweetly dressed for a 
long-ago summer attempt to maintain gar- 
den-party manners despite their repeated 
six-foot shift in height (which bares the in- 
congruously burly legs of the two fellows 
supporting them under their voluminous 
skirts), despite their being courted by a 
pair of absurd dandies, despite their subse- 
quent pregnancies and birthings of their 
nude porteurs. In its current performance, 
the piece remains kinkily comic, but it has 
lost the aura of forbidden-games mystery 
that once made it resonant. 

Happily, the 1980 Day Two is still 
danced with vitality and conviction. The 
alternative-culture ritual segments are mer- 
cifully un-arty, while the mood of the pas- 
sages celebrating the childish glee of young 
folks in a summer share is contagious. The 
finale of the dance serves as its curtain call, 
with the six participants, wearing nothing 
but flesh-tinted bikini bottoms and their 
glorious musculature, trying to outdo one 
another's rakish positions as they skid 
across the flooded stage like kids cutting 
up after a downpour. h 



Mark Stevens continued from page 55 
they employ novel technical means. If we 
don't, the museum seems to suggest, we 
risk missing history's boat. The Guggen- 
heim now intends to focus its galleries 
downtown mainly on what it calls "tech- 
nology and the arts." This reflects our so- 
ciety's frantic enthusiasm — actually a 
kind of cultural hysteria — for the com- 
puter, which is expected to utterly trans- 
form the world. 

Although the computer has certainly 
altered the ways of the world, it will 
surely not change the great issues of art 
or human existence. While the Guggen- 
heim's decision to develop a specialty in 
technology is a good idea — New York 
has few spaces to show such work, and 
the new media have already opened new 
ways to explore the eternal obsessions of 
mankind — the great challenge to cura- 
tors in this area will be exactly not to cel- 
ebrate the newest razzle-dazzle. They 
must instead look for the genie in the 
bottle. That is, they must weigh, consid- 
er, remember — insist upon — the art 
within the media. You don't admire an 
oil painting because of the oil, even 
though it permits different effects from 
those of fresco. 

This means shows that are sharply an- 
gled. The current exhibit is nothing 
more than a brief survey of art and 
technology from the past twenty 
■X years. The usual big names in the 
field are included, among them 
Bruce Nauman, Nam |une Paik, Bill Vio- 
la, and Jenny Holzer. Some of the works 
are evocative. Holzer, in particular, has a 
room filled with her trademark electron- 
ic LED signs or strips, across which ba- 
nal messages wink and flash. The red and 
green lights are hypnotic, in a way that 
reflects the vacuous charm of a channel- 
surfing culture. But the show as a whole 
has no angle except the technology. I ob- 
served visitors to this show closely. Al- 
most no one watched a particular piece 
from beginning to end. Few seemed even 
interested in focusing on a given work. 
They were just wandering about vaguely 
in the modern flicker. 

Of course, it may be naive to expect a 
museum to be anything other than a re- 
flection of the society around it. But I 
like to think that a great museum like the 
Guggenheim will remember important 
values often overlooked by the wider 
culture. One such value is concentration. 
At a museum you can take your own 
time in front of a work; you can culti- 
vate the long, slow view. Another related 
value is respecting what I think of as the 
density of a work of art. which includes 
both its inner richness and its relation to 
its original environment. In art, the uni- 
versal must be approached through the 
particular, and an idea matters little un- 
less it honors the details. h 



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Courage Under Fire 



New Films 

★ Angels & Insects — 111 the early 1860s, 3 young natu- 
ralist, William Adamson (Mark Rylance), returns 
to England after years spent in the Amazon. Most 
of Adamson 's specimens have been lost in a ship- 
wreck, and he is dependent on the patronage of a 
wealthy, aristocratic family, the Alabasters, in whose 
great Gothic house he takes residence. The ugly 
gray pile seems haunted — by the withdrawal, per- 
haps, of divine beneficence from the natural order, 
or by some dirty secret. Oblivious, Adamson goes 
on with his work. He marries the eldest daughter, 
Eugenia (Patsy Kensit), and makes a professional 
alliance with the tutor of the young Alabaster chil- 
dren, Matty Crompton (Kristin Scott Thompson), 
a severe and exciting young woman who burns 
with ethical and sexual passion. Director Philip 
Haas, working with his wife, Belinda, has adapted a 
marvelous 1992 A.S. Byatt novella, shrewdly pre- 
serving Byatt*s volatile mix of science, sex, and Vic- 
torian class warfare. (Denby; 2/5/95) (1 hr. 57 
rruns.: NR.) Qmui Cinema; Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. 




Flight of Fancy 

Matthew Barney — who at 29 is the most controversial 
conceptual artist/sculptor/performer on the scene — adds 
filmmaker to his resume with the premiere of 'Cremaster 
1 ' and 'Cremaster 4- ' Named after testicular muscles, the 
films serve as an introduction to Barney's idiosyncratic 
aesthetic (see the fictional Goodyear Blimp gal, from 
'Cremaster V). At Film Forum. July 17-23- 



Antonia's Line — A multigenerational story about four 
women and their various struggles with men. Writ- 
ten and directed by Marleen Gorris, who is best 
blown for her 1982 film .-1 Question of Silence, about 
three women who kill a man who has accused them 
of shopufhng. In Dutch with English subtitles. (1 hr. 
44 mins.; NR) Ciitenui }. 
★The Birdcage — Director Mike Nichols and writer 
Elaine May have set this remake of La Cage ctux 
Folks in Miami's South Beach. Above the Birdcage 
club live Armand (Robin Williams) and Albert 
(Nathan Lane), who have been together through 
so many versions and productions that they easily 
qualify as the world's most famous married couple. 
Armand's son is about to be married to the daugh- 
ter of an ultraconservative couple (the bride's fa- 
ther, played by Gene Hackman, is a right-wing 
senator), and Armand and Albert have to put on a 
respectable show for the parents. Armand and Al- 
bert host a memorable and hilarious dinner party 
for the senator and his wife, and the loveliest thing 
about this scene is that caricature turns to benevo- 
lent farce. When the senator finds himself charmed 
by a man dressed as a woman and even becomes 
jealous of the woman's "hus- 
band," he is softened and 
transfigured by absurdity. 
(Denby; 3/11/96) (I hr. 57 
mins.; R) Manhattan Twin; 
Worldwide Cinemas. 
The Cable Guy — As directed by 
actor and comic Ben Stiller, 
this is obviously an attempt to 
bring Jim Carrey out of the 
realm of goose-brained come- 
dy and give him something 
more sustained and complex 
to do. As such, it is a disaster. At 
first. Stiller and Lou Holtz Jr. 
set up a satirical context: We re 
in TV land, watching an indis- 
criminate jumble ot court tri- 
als, old TV shows, movies — 
and then the screen fades out. 
The camera pulls back. Steven 
(Matthew Broderick), a mild- 
mannered architect thrown 
out by his girlfriend, is setting 
up house in a new apartment, 
and the screen has turned to 
snow. The cable guy arrives, 
and, sensing that Steven is at a 
low ebb, he insinuates himself 
into the architect's life, de- 
manding friendship. The 
movie becomes nightmarish, 
with a strong, unacknowl- 
edged homoerotic streak. 
How is one supposed to re- 
spond to The Cable Guy — as 
serious drama, or farce? Once 
we see what Carrey is up to, 
he's not very funny — or 
rather, he's more threatening 
and sinister than funny. He 
punches up and parodies all his 
emotions, putting quotation 
marks around everything. Not 
just poor Steven but his girl- 
friend (Leslie Mann) and his 
family, taken in by the cable 
guy, sit there passively and stu- 
pidly, and we realize that Car- 
rey has had the same effect on 



Ground Rules: 

These brief reviews, where noted, are condensed ver- 
sions of reviews by David Denby... A ★ denotes a cur- 
rent release that New York recommends, ranging 
from best-of-the-year picks to worthy curios to flawed 
movies with one outstanding element.. .Reviews are 
followed by the Manhattan theaters where the film is 
playing. For movie listings online see the last page of 
this section. 



Ben Stiller and the cast that the cable guy has had 
on the characters, intimidating them, sucking up all 
the oxygen, and leaving them half-dead. Doesn't 
anyone nave the courage to tell the star when to 
quit? (Denby; 6/24/96) (1 hr.31 mins.;PG-13) Vil- 
lage Theatre VII; Chelsea; Criterion Center; Gemini 
Twin; Orphemn; Lincoln Squat; Pavilion /Windsor. 

CoU Comfort Farm — John Schlesinger's latest is a fun- 
ny but rather smug little movie based on Stella 
Gibbons's funny but smug little 1932 novel about 
an impoverished, well-brought-up girl, Flora 
(Kate Beckinsale), who goes to live with her dim, 
depressed relatives on a Sussex farm. Hora won't 
stand for anything but the best and most rational 
behavior, and the men and women on the farm 
are so abashed by her that they go along. Cold 
Comfort Farm presents, without irony, a triumph of 
tidiness: its wit is sarcastic, asexual, and finally more 
convenient and self-regarding than bracing. (Den- 
by: 5/27/96) (1 hr. 50 mins.: PG) Quad Cinema; 
First & 62nd St. Cinema; Regency. 

Courage Under Fire — Denzel Washington plays an 
army official investigating the circumstances sur- 
rounding the death of a female Medivac captain, 
and whether she posthumously merits the Medal 
of Honor. With Meg Ryan. Directed by Ed 
Zwick. (I hr. 56 mins.; K).Area theaters. 

Dragonhead — Dennis Quaid plays a medieval knight 
who teams up with the last existing dragon (the 
voice of Sean Connery) to overthrow a vicious 
despot. With Pete Postlethwaite and David 
Thewlis. Directed by Rob Cohen. (1 hr. 48 mins.; 
PG- 1 3) Criterion Center; First & 62nd St. Cinema. 

Eddie — A limousine driver called Eddie (Whoopi 
Goldberg) is hired as the head coach of the New 
York Knicks by the team's owner (Frank Langel- 
la) as a publicity stunt. Directed by Steve Rash. (1 
hr. 40 mins.; PG-13) Embassy 2-4. 

Eraser — Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a man on the 
right side of the law — he guarantees the safety of the 
people in the witness-protection program — yet 
whether Arnold is "good" or "bad,' whether he's 
the Terminator, the Eraser, or the Ruoridator, he 
kilLs people by the dozen. That's his job: He pro- 
duces corpses and explosions. The movie is not as 
unpleasant, redundant, and ugly-looking as 77ic 
Roclt; some of it is entertaining in a preposterous, 
over-the-top style.Yet there isn't much to say about 
it. In these summer thrillers, and in Stallone's 
movies, and Wesley Snipes's, explosions and punch- 
es, like rum in fruit punch, produce a mild kind of 
high. In order to keep the high going, audiences and 
moviemakers have made a kind of silent agreement 
about movie violence: It shall be as meaningless as 
possible. None of the characters in these movies has 
anything more than one dimension, so the audience 
never feels the dread it used to when someone it 
identified with was placed in jeopardy. Despite the 
unending violence, there is no danger. One comes 
away from Eraser sorely wondering if Hollywood 



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has not caught itself in an endgame with no possi- 
ble conclusion but declining interest, declining re- 
sponse, declining love. (Denby; 7/8/96) (1 hr. 55 
mins.; R) Village Theatn VU; Chelsea; Murray Hill 
Cinemas; Ms* York Twin; Orphcum; H4th Street Six; 
New Coliseum; Nova; Olympia Cinemas; 
Pavilion t Windsor. 

★Fargo — In the dead of winter, a car drives toward us 
through a whiteness so enveloping that we cannot 
tell where ground and air meet. The brilliant open- 
ing shot of Fargo — a devastating comedy-thriller 
from Joel and Ethan Coen — suggests something 
unspeakably sinister, a void without gradation or 
limits. The film is about Jerry Lundegaard, a Min- 
neapolis auto salesman who hires two thugs to kid- 
nap his wife. Why? So he can cop part of the ransom 
money his rich father-in-law will pony up to get his 
daughter back, of course. He arrives in a madhouse 
north of Minneapolis and meets two thugs, one of 
them a jumpy little creep (Steve Buscemi) and the 
other a monosyllabic, barely conscious stone killer 
of indeterminate Scandinavian origin. Buscemi's 
punk is highly puzzled by Jerry's scheme to have his 
wife kidnapped and then collect part of the ransom 
himself. Why doesn't Jerry just ask his father-in-law 
for the money? Buscemi's demand that crime make 
sense becomes a runningjoke in this peculiar north- 
country world, in which the conversational engine 
turns over and over but never really catches fire. As 
the Coens see it, people in northern Minnesota are 
so devoted to surface pleasantness that they don't 
notice the dark abyss opening at their feet. Joel Co- 
en (who directed) stages the scenes is a deadpan 
comedy of squareness— but just when the satire is 
approaching burlesque, Frances McDormand turns 
up as police chief Marge Gunderson, and we see 
that blandness may have a hidden meaning. (Denby; 
3/18/96) (1 hr. 38 nuns.; R) 23ti Stm t West Triplex; 
First & 62nd St. (Cinema; 62nd and Broadway. 

* Flirting With Disaster— 1 )avid O. Russell's new com- 
edy not only flirts with disaster; it waltzes, tangos, 
and goes to bed with it, yet somehow survives and 
even flourishes. Russell's hero is Mel (Ben Stiller), 
an adopted son undergoing an identity crisis — he 
wants to find his real parents. Who can blame him? 
He was brought up by a pair of warring Manhat- 
tan neurotics (George Segal and Mary Tyler 
Moore) who would probably make anyone look 
for new parents. The adoption agency sends out a 
very aggressive but "understanding" woman (Tea 
Leoni) to observe, and with this intruder in tow, 
Mel, his wife (Patricia Arquette), and their baby 
take off on a quest in which we know everything 
has to go wrong. The movie is a malicious satire on 
the current psychobabble about roots, caring, and 
identity; although it's not always fun watching peo- 
ple undergo one humiliation after another, Russell 
clings to liis idea, and he scores. Everyone Mel 
meets is a mess (as is he), and the pace never lets 
up — with five or six people together in a scene, all 
blabbing about their inner lives, the texture of nut- 
ty confessions grows almost symphonic.This is one 
of the rare comedies that actually get stronger as 
they go along. (Denby; 4/15/96) (1 hr. 27 mins.; 
R) Waverly; UA East; Lincoln Plaza (Cinemas. 

Harriet the Spy — An adaptation of Louise Fitzhugh's 
beloved children's novel about an insatiably curi- 
ous young girl who spies on everyone. Starring 
Michelle Trachtenberg and Rosie O'Donnell. Di- 
rected by Bronwen Hughes. (1 hr. 30 mins.; PG) 

Art CJn-eilwicU Twin; V.mliassy 2—4. 

Heavy — Set in an isolated town in upstate New York, 
James Mangold's debut feature tells the story of a 
painfully sny, overweight cook (Pruitt Taylor 
Vince) who falls in love with a beautiful new 
waitress. With Evan Dando, Liv Tyler, and Deborah 
Harry. (1 hr. 45 mins.; NR) Film Forum. 

Hunchback of Notre Dame — Disney's animated adapta- 
tion of the Victor Hugo novel. With the voices of 
Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Jason Alexander, and 
Kevin Kline. I directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk 
Wise. (1 hr. 35 mins.; G) VtOogc Hieatre VU; Chelsea; 
Cinema /, Il.Tliird Ave.; Embassy t; 86th Street East; 
Lincoln Square; Metro Cinema; Nail Coliseum. 

★I Shot Andy Warhol — Valerie Solanas, who wanted to 
make a revolution, or at least to write, became a 
hanger-on at Andy Warhol's Factory. She burst in- 
to the news on June 3, 1968. Disappointed by 
Warhol's indifference to a play shed written, 
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"He had too much control over my life," she told 
a policeman as she gave herself up. Yet Solanas did 
not destroy Warhol; she destroyed herself. Written 
and directed by Mary Harron, the movie is a pun- 
gent but surprisingly buoyant re-creation of 
Solanas's life up to the point of the shooting. 
Played by the fast-talking and lively Lili Taylor, Va- 
lerie is smart and funny, but also a ferocious pain in 
the ass. The movie addresses Solanas's disintegra- 
tion without "psychology" or analytic depth; Har- 
ron stages the events in Factory pop terms, as one 
of the sixties scenes that went baa. She makes it 
clear that Valerie goes too far. that she's paranoid 
and delusional, but she also suggests that the gen- 
der antagonisms are real. Fighting all the time, Lili 
Taylor conies at the role with tremendous verve, 
and she gives Valerie's wildest remarks a natural 
comic's bming. She doesn't deepen the character, 
but depth isn't what's needed — Valerie Solanas was 
too goofy to weep over. (Denby; 5/6/96) (1 hr. 40 
mins.; R) Angelika Film Center. 
Independence Day — To love this movie completely, 
you have to go beyond irony; you have to enjoy 
being had. The world gets smushed by alien in- 
vaders — cities flattened, people annihilated— and 
the spectacle is turned into merry pop entertain- 
ment. A gigantic spaceship hovers over the Empire 
State Building, opens its lower doors, emits pow- 
erful rays, and— pow! — the Empire State Building 
explodes into flames. Epics of destruction follow, 
with flames rolling down streets like water rushing 
through a tunnel. Will the world be saved? It all 
depends on a few oddballs — a wimpish young 
president with a hidden streak of stubbornness 
(Bill Pullman), a swaggering black Marine pilot 
(Will Smith), a failed Jewish techno-genius (Jeff 
Goldblum),and a redneck boozer (Randy Quaid) 
who may have been kidnapped and "abused" by 
aliens on a recent visit. The battle is joined, and 
the movie begins to resemble the last few scenes 
of Star Wars, with passages of Alien and other re- 
cent hits thrown in. The cliches achieve critical 
mass: Pop culture saves the world. Like the disas- 
ter movies of the seventies. Independence Day 
catches a wide variety of characters — selfish, 
screwed up, just plain busy — as the go about their 
little daily tasks. And then they are faced with The 
Appearance. Shadows pass over Los Angeles, New 
York, and Washington, and director Roland Em- 
merich gives us a recurring moment The Look: 
The camera dollies in rapidly as one person after 
another raises his head and sees a huge, hovering 
craft, and is struck dumb. "If you feel impelled to 
leave the cities," the president says,"please do so in 
an orderly fashion" — a line that, in context, is hi- 
larious. Mostly, the effects are cheesy. Aside from 
one small moment of mystery and terror, Em- 
merich and co-writer Dean Devlin (whose last 
hit, Stargale, was cheesy on a smaller scale), seem 
eager to make everything as banal and movieish as 
possible. Just as in a World War II platoon movie, 
the ethnic representatives — blacks, Jews, Hispan- 
ics — compose their differences and pull together. 
Emmerich and Devlin combine mass destruction 
and liberal sanctimony. An elderly Jew finds his 
lost faith, the black pilot marries his woman and 
takes responsibility for her child, and so on, and 
the audience is left thinking, If only the aliens would 
come! (Denby; 7/8/96) (2 hfs. 24 mins.; PG-13) 
Village Hast; 34th Street East; Chelsea; Crown 
Gotham; Zkjjfdd; 86th Street; Lincoln Square; Nat' 
Coliseum; Nova; Olympia Cinemas; Pavilion /Wind- 
sor; Plaza . 

Lone Star — John Sayles's latest film beautifully cob- 
bles together both the fractured family histories of 
several small clans and the fragmented culture of a 
small town on the Texas-Mexico border. With 
Matthew McConaughey, Chris Cooper, Kris 
Kristofferson, Frances McDormand, and Elizabeth 
Pena. (2 hrs. 18 nuns.; R) Angelika Film Center; 
Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. 

The Low Life — A recent Yale graduate moves to Los 
Angeles to pursue a writing career and winds up 
toiling for a slumlord by day and drinking by 
night. With Rory Cochrane, Kyra Sedgwick, Sean 
Astin, Christian Meoli, and James LeGros. Direct- 
ed by George Hickeniooper. (1 hr. 38 mins.; R) 
Qiiiirf Cinema. 

Maybe . . . Maybe Not— Axel (Til Schweiger) has just 
been dumped by his girlfriend, so he goes to stay 

62 NEW YORK JULY 15, I996 



at the apartment of a gay acquaintance, and the 
usual sexual zaniness ensues. Directed by Sonke 
Wortmann. (1 hr. 33 mins.; R) Angelika Film Cen- 
ter; Carnegie Hall Cinema. 
Mission: Impossible — In the most impressive se- 
quence, Tom Cruise, as a rogue intelligence agent, 
hangs from the air, his body suspended from a har- 
ness. Our boy has penetrated the inner sanctum of 
the CIA — a white-on-white chamber so sensi- 
tized to intrusion that instruments register the 
slightest change in temperature or weight. Tom 
can't even sweat; one droplet, falling to the floor, 
will give him away. As directed by Brian De Pal- 
ma, Mission: Impossible is a no-sweat movie, a high- 
tech marvel suspended in the air. There is no stu- 
pid or unnecessary violence, but there is also 
nothing that engages your emotions. The plot is so 
casually and vaguely developed that you can't be 
sure why Cruise's superagent is removing Ameri- 
can secrets. Jon Voight, as the head of the team, 
summons the troops, and the movie slips into its 
nominal plot. Ah, yes, this business of a minor 
diplomat at the American Embassy who is selling 
a computer disk with the names of American 
agents. Of course. Without a word of explanation 
about who the diplomat is or to whom he's selling 
secrets or why any of this matters, we get an elab- 
orate plan to entrap the diplomat at the embassy. 



Now. even in this early — and beautifully done — 
scene, one realizes that nothing really is at stake. 
The movie has lost itself in sheer process. The spies 
wear glasses equipped with tiny hidden cameras; as 
they move around with their specs, we watch 
multiple images on a computer screen. Ingenious, 
but so what? Relationships between the characters 
are barely sketched in; new people enter, and we 
don't know who they are, or why they matter, but 
everyone talks very allusively, in knowing techno- 
gibberish, and the poor actors are left trying to 
make something intense out of virtually nothing. 
Mission: Impossible is an example of technological 
decadence. Emotion and logic have gone dead, 
and sensation is all. (Denby; 6/3/96) (1 hr. 51 
mins.; PG-13) Village Tlieatre VII; 23rd Street West 
Triplex; 34tli Street Showplace; Astor Plaza; Tower 
East; 84th Street Six. 



Mol Flanders — Robin Wright stars in this epic peri- 
od piece, loosely adapted from Daniel Defoe's 
novel, about a high-minded young woman forced 
into a life of prostitution. With Morgan Freeman. 
(2 hrs. 3 mins.; PG-13) Waverly; Angelika 57; First 
& 62nd St. Cinema. 

Nelly and Monsieur Amaud — A lonely writer takes 
Nelly, a fragile young divorcee, under his wing, 
falls deeply in love with her, and begins to wither 
when he realizes that his publisher is also in love 
with her. Winner of two Cesar awards (France's 
equivalent of the Oscar). Directed by Claude 
Sautet. (1 hr. 46 mins.; NR) Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. 

★The Nutty Professor— This remake of the 1963 Jer- 
ry Lewis classic is a personal triumph for Eddie 
Murphy and one of the great turnarounds in the 
history of movies. It's still a Jekyll-and-Hyde sto- 
ry, but this time the chemist, Sherman Klump, is a 
huge fatty, 400 pounds or more, with a chin that 
starts under his mouth and ends near the middle 
of his chest. The way Murphy plays the role, and 
Tom Shadyac (the first Ace Ventura) directs it, the 
physical details are cruelly precise and often 
grotesque, but the spirit is not cruel. Sherman is a 
genuine character and a figure of some depth. 
When he falls in love with an appreciative gradu- 
ate student (|ada Pinkett), he can't bear being fat 
any longer; he swallows the DNA liquid he has 



been using in experiments and becomes, as in the 
old Lewis movie. Buddy Love, a slender, hand- 
some, fast-talking, and violendy aggressive man. 
In brief, he becomes Eddie Murphy as we've al- 
ways known him. But Murphy does something 
interesting He shows us that Eddie Murphy going 
over the top is destructive and horrifying. By 
movie's end, we realize that he is telling us what 
was wrong with his old screen character: He was- 
n't quite human. The hero of 77ie Nutty Professor 
isn't the fast-talking stud; it's the two-ton intellec- 
tual with soul. Eddie Murphy has always had a ge- 
nius for mimicry and impersonation, but this is 
the first time he's gone beyond caricature. When 
Sherman is feeling cranky, he retreats to his fami- 
ly — his hearty big mama and her cranky husband, 
his voluble grandmother, and his crude brother. 
They attack one another, yet they are recognizably 



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Though its plot sounds strangely familiar, the Japanese erotic thriller 'In the 
Realm of the Senses' — about a woman who chops off her lovers genitalia, 
parades through the streets with her stash in a haze of sexual delirium, and 
later becomes a feminist hero — is based on an actual 1936 incident. The 20- 
year-old film will have its rerelease this Friday at Cinema Village. 




a family, and the joke deepens when you realize 
Murphy is playing all of them.They are the aspects 
of a single personality — they are him, the comic 
who can do anything. (Denby; 6/24/96) (1 hr. 35 
mins.; PG- 13) Art Greenwich Twin; 19th Street East; 
34th Street Showplace; Baronet /Coronet; National 
Twin; Orpheum; Lincoln Square; New Coliseum; No- 
va; Plaza Twin; Plaza . 

★A Perfect Candidate — The producer-director team 
of R. J. Cutler and David Van Taylor gives us this 
heartbreaking documentary about the Chuck 
Robb-Oliver North senatorial campaign ofl994. 
The portraits of the candidates are firm — the hap- 
less Robb, miserably compromised, inarticulate, a 
man just barely holding on to the promise that 
once made people believe in him; and the pious 
North, fraudulent, vaguely fascist, "charming," a 
self-serving demagogue who seduces people into 
credence that Robb can no longer inspire. The 
movie is a parable of cynicism and belief, and its 
soul is devoted not so much to the candidates as to 
two nearly biblical characters — Washington Post 
reporter Don Baker, a defeated idealist engaged in 
a hopeless quest for a man of honor, and North's 
dirty-trickster strategist Mark Goodin, a kind of 
tormented Mephistopheles who knows that what 
he's doing is sleazy and yet is drawn by the nature 
of politics to ever-lower calculations and strate- 
gies. Goodin's self-disgust is the most powerful 
sight in American movies so far this year. (Denby; 
7/8/96) (1 hr. 44 mins.; NR) QiW Cinema. 

The Phantom — Billy Zane stars as the comic-book 
hero who serves as protector of a remote, mythi- 
cal jungle. Directed by Simon Wincer. (1 hr. 36 
mins.; PG) IVaverly; First & 62nd St. Cinema; UA 
East. 

Phenomenon — See Denby, p. 53. (1 hr. 57 mins.; PG) 
Village East; Chelsea; Murray Hill Cinemas; Cinema 
I, U, Third Ave.; Guild 50th Street; Orpheum; 84th 
Street Six. 

The Postman — As the film opens, the late Massimo 
Troisi's Mario Ruoppolo has no one to speak to. 
And then the island where Mario lives is visited by 
a kind of god — the exiled Chilean poet Pablo 
Neruda. Mario, who becomes his postman, sud- 
denly cannot stop speaking, and the poet, at first 
brusque, gradually gets drawn into the miracle of 
Mario's awakening. Directed by Michael Radford. 
In Italian. (Denby; 6/14/95) (1 hr. 49 mins.; PG) 
C<irMfi;if Hall Cinema. 

*Purpte Noon — Martin Scorsese presents this rere- 
lease of Rene Clement's incredibly stylish, sexy, 
and intelligent thriller about an amoral young 
playboy (the stunning Alain Delon) who kills an 
acquaintance and adopts his personality. Not to be 
missed. Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel Tlic 
Talented Mr. Ripley. (1 hr. 58 mins.; PG-13) Paris 
Tlteater. 

The Rock — A group of mad military types, led by Ed 
Harris, take some tourists hostage on Alcatraz Is- 
land and points missiles at San Francisco armed 
with people-melting chemicals. The FBI matches 
up its young expert in chemical-biological 
weapons, Nicolas Cage, and a British agent who 
has been rotting in jail for 30 years, Sean Connery, 
and sends them to eliminate the renegade military 
unit and free the hostages. The action sequences 
are pure fakery, a lot of whirling and thrashing 
about in senu-darkness.The director, Michael Bay, 
comes from TV commercials, where spatial logic is 
no longer important. A commercial conveys an 
idea or a mood, and the fastest way to do that is to 
jump from shot to shot. But in action movies, if 
you merely skip from one violent shot to the next, 
cutting always on movement, you may keep the 
audience jazzed but you are robbing it of the ba- 
sic satisfaction of knowing, say, where two men are 
in relation to each other as they go at it with guns. 
Cage and Connery try to give the movie a 
grounding courage, loyalty, humor, and other hu- 
mane virtues, but they can't transcend the absurd- 
ly violent fascist-adolescent-adventure atmos- 
phere, in which people are chained, melted, 
crushed, and dropped onto spikes. (Denby; 
6/24/96) (2 hrs. 9 mins.; R) I Wage East; 1 9th 
Street East; Murray Hill Cinemas; Embassy 2-4; Sut- 
ton; 86th Street East; 84th Street Six; Metro Cinema; 
Plaza Twin. 

Stealing Beauty — Bernardo Bertolucci's latest film is- 
n't very good, but at least there are some hand- 



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some bodies in it, and the shimmering golden 
heat of Tuscany. At an artist's villa in the hills near 
Siena, a group of characters found only in 
mediocre European movies — a sculptor, a dying 
playwright, an elderly antiques dealer, a declining 
earth mother or two — gather in various states of 
semi-nudity and conversational indiscretion and 
witness an echt art-movie spectacle. A beautiful 
American girl (Liv Tyler) has arrived from the 
States in order to find her father and also, it seems, 
to lose her virginity. Neither of these quests is car- 
ried out with any great sense of dramatic energy, 
but the movie is physically pleasing and occasion- 
ally very sexy. (Denby; 6/24/96) (1 hr. 58 mins.; 
R) Angelika Film Center; Bcekmaii; Lincoln Square. 

Strlptew— See Denby, p. 55. (1 hr. 55 mins.; R) Vil- 
lage East; I 9th Street Hast; Criterion Center; Gemini 
"twin; Orpheum; Lincoln Square. 

★The Truth About Cats ft Dogs— When Abby Barnes 
Qaneane Garofalo), a young veterinarian, is host- 
ing her popular L.A. radio call-in show, she's crisp 
and authoritative. But for all her genius with ani- 
mals, she's skittish with men. A handsome young 
British photographer, Brian (Ben Chaplin), falls in 
love with her voice and asks for a date, and Abby 
panics, asking her neighbor, a blonde model (Uma 
Thurman), to stand in for her. The photographer, 
easily smitten, falls in love with Abby on the 
phone and Noelle in the flesh; he thinks they are 
both the same person, and both women are too 



involved in the deception to end it. The charm of 
T7ic Truth About Cats & Dogs depends precisely on 
its slightness and improbability — the sense that the 
entire concoction might blow away if the photog- 
rapher actually noticed the most obvious contra- 
dictions or asked a single question. The filmmak- 
ers drag out the suspense for as long as possible: 
Will Brian accept the actual Abby as the woman 
he loves? Director Michael Lehmann moves along 
lightly and quickly, but there are no tricks or 
shortcuts; the movie is carried forward by the per- 
formances and by many, many intimate moments. 
(Denby; 4/29/96) (1 hr. 37 mins.; PG-13) First & 
62nd St. Cinema. 
★Twister— Jo (Helen Hunt) and Bill (Bill Paxton), 
dauntless scientists of Tornado Alley, drive a truck 
right into the path of an oncoming tornado, 
smashing through a field of cornstalks or down a 
narrow ditch. Behind them follows a ragtag army 
of university scientists with computers and 
recording equipment. The supporting crew is 
waiting for Jo and Bill to send sensor devices up 
into the tunnel.The sensors, we're told, will trans- 
mit information, the computers will sort out the 
data, and someday meteorologists will understand 
tornadoes so well they will be able to warn those 
little towns in Oklahoma more than five minutes 
ahead of time. The movie, of course, is preposter- 
ous (the psychological explanation for Jos fixa- 
tion — that she watched her father get blown away 



by a tornado as a child — is particularly movieish 
and unconvincing), but it is also irresistible. Di- 
rected by kinetic whiz Jan De Bont (Speed), it is 
the essence of all the flying-daredevil, test-pilot 
movies ever made. De Bont creates a sense of the 
uncanny without relying on monsters or the su- 
pernatural. There's a bit of melodrama thrown in 
that weakens it (Bill and Jo lead a bunch of gonzo- 
hippie graduate students; another stormchaser 
works for a corporation and is in it for money), 
and all this disastrously cheapens the man-against 
nature theme — but silly as it is, you may come out 
of it smiling. (Denby; 5/27/96) (1 hr. 56 mins.; 
PG-13) Village Tlieatre VII; Criterion Center; Gemi- 
ni Twin. 

The Visitors — A French knight cursed by a witch must 
travel back in time to reverse his mistakes. Directed 
by Jean-Marie Poire. (1 hr. 46 mins.;R)./lrcd theaters. 

Vive L'Amour — The story of three lovelorn urban 
professionals who separately share an empty apart- 
ment in Taipei. Directed by Tsai Ming-Liang. (1 
hr. 59 mins.; ) Quad Cinema. 

Welcome to the Dollhouse — Todd Solondz's wickedly 
funny black comedy about one Dawn Wciner, a 
chubby seventh-grader who makes a series of un- 
fortunate fashion choices and is relentlessly tor- 
mented by her classmates, teachers, and parents. 
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sun- 
dance Film Festival. (1 hr. 33 mins.; R) Angelika 
Film ('enter; Eastside Playhouse; Lincoln Square. 

Manhattan 

Below 14th Street 

Angelika Him Center— 1 8 W. Houston St. (995-2000) 
/ Shot Andy VVarlwl; Lone Star; Maybe . . . Maybe Not; 
Stealing Beauty; Welcome to the Dollhouse. 
Art Greenwich Twin — Greenwich Ave. at 12th St. 
(505-CINE#616) Tlte Nutty Professor. Opening 
7/10: Harriet the Spy. 

Cinema Village 12th St— 22 E. 12th St. (924-3363) 
Two-Lout Blacktop. Opening 7/12: In the Realm of 

the Senses. 

Him Forum— 209 W. Houston St. (727-81 10) The 
Umbrellas of Cherbourg; Heavy. (See also"Muse- 
ums. Societies, Etc.") 

Lighthouse Cinema— 116 Suflfolk St. (979-7571) 

(See also"Museums, Societies, Etc.") 
Quad Cinema— 34 W. 13th St. (255-8800) A Perfect 

Candidate; Angels & Insects; Cold Comfort Farm; 

The Low Life; Vive L'Amour. 
Village East— 189 Second Ave., at 12th St. (529- 

6799) Independence Day; Phenomenon; Striptease; 

The Rock. 

Village Theatre VII— 66 Third Ave., at 1 1 th St. 
(982-0400) Eraser; Hunchback of Notre Dame; 
Mission: Impossible ;The Cable Guy;Twister. 
Waverty— 323 Sixth Ave., at W. 3rd St. (505- 
CINE#603) Flirting With Disaster; Moll Flanders; 
The Phantom. 

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19th Street East— 890 Broadway, at 19th St. (260- 
80(H)) Striptease ;Tlic Nutty Professor /Die Rock. 
23rd Street West Triplex— 333 W. 23rd St. (505- 
CINE#614) Fargo; Mission: Impossible; Tlic Horse- 
man on the Roof. 

34th Street East— 241 E. 34th St. (505-CINE#586) 
Independence Day. 

34th Street Showplace— 238 E. 34th St. (532-5544) 
Mission: lmpossible; Tlie Nutty Professor. 
Chelsea— 260 W. 23rd St. (505-CINE#597) Eraser; 
Hunchback of Notre Dame; Independence Day; Phe- 
nomenon;TTte Cable Guy. 

Murray Hill Cinemas— 160 E. 34th St. (689-6548) 
Eraser; Phenomenon ; Tlie Rock. 

42nd-60lh Streets 

59th Street East— 239 E. 59th St. (505-CINE#615) 
Mighty A phroditc. 

Angelika 57—225 W. 57th St. (586-1900) Moll Flan- 
ders. 

Astor Plaza — 44th St. bet. Broadway, and Eighth 
Ave. (869-8340) Mission: Impossible. 
Baronet/Coronet— 993 Third Ave., bet. 59th and 
60th Sts. (505-CINE#608) Vie Nutty Professor. 
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could turn Victor Hugo's sociopolitical 
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the Mouse has pulled it off. Yet a few years ago, 
the geniuses behind the animated TV series The 
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of Disney's plans for the Hugo classic, sent their menschy N.Y.C. movie reviewer lay Sherman (the 
voice of Jon Lovrtz) to a Broadway musical called Hunch!, which ran with the tag line "Get bent to- 
day!" Hunch! featured roller-skating, singing townspeople and a final production number in which our 
hero sang and swung triumphantly from a rope while little kids beat his lump as though he were a 
pihata. K you think the Mouse would never stoop so low, see if you can guess which lyrics are Disney's. 

1. "We .ill have gaped at some Adonis / but then we crave a meal more nourishing to chew / and 
since you're shaped like a croissant is / no question of she's gotta love a guy like you!" 

2. "It's true my back's got a slight crimp / like a boiled jumbo shrimp / but by the anile in my 
spine / I'll make you mine!" 

3. "Those other guys that she could dangle / look the same from every angle" 

4. "The city of lovers is glowing / ( >f course, it's on fire" 

5. "The one called Quasimodo / sure makes a great tcapegoat-o! / On his lump he sure does 
shoulder lots of blame / Yes blame all your cares and woes-es / on the one with scoliosis / the 
Hunchback of Notre Dame!" 

6. "Remember what I've taught you. Quasimodo / You are deformed / and you are ugly / and 
these are crimes tor which the world shows little pity" 

7. "Just one day and then I swear / I'll be content with my share / won't resent, won't despair / 
Old and bent / I won't care / I'll have spent one day out there!" 

8. "Can you hear the silence / the silence of my stone-deaf world?" 

9. "So it you see a hunchback / why not take him out to lunch. Jack? / to say, 'Hey, thanks a 
bunch, mack! / Thank you for being a hunch!" " 

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After the Fall 



Wildly embraced when it first played at the 1994 New York Film Festival, Hungarian director Beta Tan's 
Satantango — a seven-hour, mordantty humorous epic about the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe — will 
have a special showing July 13 at the Walter Reade Theater. (See "Museums, Societies, Etc.," for info.) 



and 57th Sts. (505-CINE#593) Maybe . . . Maybt 
Not;Tlie Postman. 
Cinema 3—2 W. 59th St. (5(>5-CINE#596) Antonia s 
Line. 

Cinema I, II, Third Ave— 1001 Third Ave., at 60th St. 

(753-6022) Hunchback of Soire Dome; Phenomenon. 
Criterion Center — 15 1 4 Broadway, bet. 44th and 45th 

Sts. (354-0900) Dragonheart; Striptease; Tlie Cable 
Guy;Twisler. 

Crown Gotham— 969 Third Ave., bet. 57th and 58th 
Sk. (759-2262) Independence Day. 

Eastside Playhouse — 919 Third Ave., bet. 55th and 
56th Sts. (755-3020) Welcome to the DolBwuse. 

Embassy 1 — 1560 Broadway, bet. 46th and 47th Sts. 
(302-0494) Hunchback of Xotre Dame. 

Embassy 2-4 — 701 Seventh Ave., bet. 47th and 48th 
Sts. (730-7262) Eddie; Tht Rock. Opening 7/10: 
Harriet the Spy. 

Guild 50th Street— 33 W. 50th St. (757-2406) Phe- 
nomenon. 

Manhattan Twin— 220 E. 59th St. (505-CINE#590) 
James and the Giant Peach; The Birdcage. 

National Twin— 1500 Broadway, bet. 43rd and 44th 
Sts. (505-CINE#589) 77i«- Xutty Professor. 

Paris Theater — 4W. 58th St. (980-5656) Purple Soon. 

State— 1540 Broadway (391-2900) Eraser. 

Sutton— 205 E. 57th St. (759-141 1) Tht Rock. 

Worldwide Cinemas— 340 W. 50th St. (505-CINE#610) 
City Hall; Exemtiiv Decision; Fear; Hipper; Mystery Sci- 
ence theater 3000; Primal Fear; Ihc Birdcage. 

Eegfeld 141 W. 54th St. (505-CINE#6()2) Indepen- 
dence Day. 



Tower East— 1230 Third Ave., bet. 7 1st and 72nd Sts. 

(879-1313) Mission: Impossible. 
UA fist— 1629 First Ave., at 85th St. (249-5100) 

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62nd and Broadway — 1871 Broad wav, at 62nd St. 

(505-CINE#864) Fargo. 
84th Street Six— 2310 Broadway, at 84th St. (877- 

3600) Eraser; Mission: Impossible; Phenomenon; Hie 

Rock. 

Lincoln Plaza Cinemas — 3D Lincoln Plaza, on Broad- 
way bet. 62nd and 63rd Sts. (757-2280) Angels 6 
Insects; Flirting With Disaster; Lone Star; Xelly and 
Monsieur Arnaud. 

Lincoln Square — 1992 Broadway, at 68th St. (336- 
5000) Hunchback ofXolre Dame; Independence Day; 
Stealing Beauty; Striptease; The Cable Guy; Tlie Xut- 
ly Professor; W elcome to the Dollhouse. 

Metro Cinema— 2626 Broadway bet. 99th and 100th 
Sts. (505-CINE#609) Hunchback of Notre Dame; 
Vie Rock. 

Mew Coliseum— 701 W. 181st St. (740-1545) Eraser; 

Hunchback of Xotre Dame; Independence Day; Tlie 

Xutty Professor. 
Nova— 3589 Broadway, bet. 147th and 148th Sts. 

(862-5728) Eraser; Independence Day; The Xutty 

Professor. 

Olympia Cinemas — 2770 Broadway bet. 106th and 
107th Sts. (505-CINE#613) Eraser; Independence 
Day. 

Regency — 1987 Broadwav, bet. 67th and 68th Sts. 
(505-C:iNE#585) Cold Comfort Farm. 



68th Street Playhouse— 1 164 Third Ave., at 68th St. 

(734-0302) Lone Star. 
86th Street— 125 E. 86th St. (505-CINE#604) Inde- 

86th Street East— 210 E. 86th St. (249-1 144) Hunch- 
back of Xotre Dame;'Ihe Rock. 

Beekman — 1 254 Second Ave., bet. 65th and 66th Sts. 
(505-CINE#606) Stealing Beauty. 

First & 62nd St. Cinema— 400 E. 62nd St. (505- 
CINE#957) Cold Comfort Farm; Dragonheart; Far- 
go; Moll Flanders; Hie Horseman on the Roof; Tlie 
Phantom;'nie Truth About Cats & Don 

Gemini Twin— 1210 Second Ave., at 64th St. (832- 
1 670) Striptease; The Cable Ciiy; Twister. 

New York Twin — 1271 Second Ave., bet. 66th and 
67th Sts. (744-7339) Eraser. 

Orpheum— 1538 Third Ave., at 86th St. (876-2400) 
Eraser; Phenomenon; Striptease; Hie Cable Guy; The 
Xutty Professor. 

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Bay Plaza — 2210 Bartow Ave., behind Bav IMaza 
Mall (320-3020) Eraser; Hunchback o f Xotre Dame; 
Independence Day; Mission: Impossible; Phenomenon; 
Striplease;Tlte Cable Guy.Thc Xutty Professor;Tlie 
Rock. 

Concourse Plaza— 2 1 4 E. 161th St. (588-8800) Eras- 
er; Hunchback of Xotre Dame; Independence Day; 
Phenomenon; Tlie Cable Guy; Tlie Xutty Professor; 
Vie Rock. 

Interboro — 3462 E. Tremont Ave., nr. Bruckner 
Blvd. (792-2100) Eraser; Hunchback of Xotre 
Dame; Independence Day; Phenomenon. 

Riverdale— 5683 Riverdale Ave., at 259th St. (884- 
9514) Independence Day; Hunchback of Xotre 
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Whitestone — 25fl5 Bruckner Blvd., at Hutchinson 
River Pkwy. (409-9037) Eraser; Hunchback of Notre 
Dame; Independence Day; Phenomenon; Striptease ;Vte 
Cable Guy; Vie Nutty Professor; The Rock. 



Brooklyn 



Area Code 



1 X 



Alpine— 6817 Fifth Ave., at 69th St. (777-FILM#580) 
Hunchback o f Notre Dame; Phenomenon; Striptease ;Vic 
Nutty Professor; Tlic Rock. Opening 7/10: Harriet the 
Spy. 

Brooklyn Height*— 70 Henry St. (596-7070) Indqmt- 
dence Day. Opening 7/12: Couraoe Under Fire. 

Canarsie— 9310 Ave. L, at E. 93rd St. (251-0700) Eras- 
er; Indcpcttdencc Day; Vie Nutty Professor. 

Cobble HB— 265 Court St. (596-9113) Eraser; Hunch- 
back of None Dame; Phenom en on; Striptease;Vie Rock. 

Fortway— 6720 Ft. Hamilton Pkwy., at 68th St. (777- 
FILM#578) Eraser; Independence Day;Vie Cable Guy. 

Kenmore — Church Ave. nr. Flatbush Ave. (777- 
FILM#576) Eraser; Independence Day; lite Nutty I'ro- 
fessor. 

Kent Triplex— Coney Island Ave. at Ave. H (338-3371) 
Eraser; Hunchback of Notre Dame; In- 
dependence Day. 

Kings Plaza— 5201 Kings Plaza; Flat- 
bush Ave. at Ave. U (777- 
FILM#579) Hunchback of Notre 
Dame; Indqiendcucc Day; lite Nutty 
Professor;Tne Rock. 

Kingsway — Kings Hwy. at Coney Is- 
land Ave. (777-FILM#577) Elmer, 
Mission: Impossible; Striptease ;Tlie Ca- 
ble Guy. Opening 7/10: Harriet the 
Spy. 

Marboro— 6817 Bay Pkwy.at 69th St. 
(232-4000) Eraser; Independence Day; 
Mission: Impossible; Phenomenon; Vie 
Cable Guy. 

Pavilion/Windsor— 188 Prospect Park 
West, Brooklyn (369-0838) Eraser; 
Independence Day; lite Cable Guy. 

Plaza Twin — 314 Flatbush Ave., nr. 
Eighth Ave. (636-0170) Vie Nutty 
Professor; Ttte Rock. 

Ridgewood — 55-27 Myrde Ave., at 
Putnam Ave. (821-5993) Eraser; 
Hunchback of Noire Dame; Indepen- 
dence Day; Striptease; Hie Nutty Pro- 
fessor. 

The Movies at Sheepshead Bay — Knapp 
St. and Harkness Ave., ofF Belt 
Pkwy. (615-1700) Eraser; Hunchback 
of Notre Dame; Independence Day; 
Mission: Imjvssible; Striptease ;Tlte Ca- 
ble Guy;Vie Nutty Professor;Vic Rock;Twister. 



Fresh Meadows— 190-02 Horace Harding Blvd., at 
190th St. (777-FILM#619) Hunchback of Notre 
Dame; Independence Day; Mission: Impossible; 
Stripteiisc; Hie Cable Guy. 

Jackson Triplex — 82nd St. at Roosevelt Ave. (478- 
6777) Eraser; Independence Day; Striptease. 

Main Street— 72-66 Mam St., Flushing (268-3636) 
Dragonheart; Eraser; Mission: Impossible; The Nutty 
Professor; Tile Phantom; Twister. 

Midway— 108-22 Queens Blvd., at 71st Ave., Forest 
Hills (261-8572) Tlie Nutty Professor; Eraser. 

Movieworid— 242-02 61st Ave., off Exit 31 , Douglas- 
ton (423-7200) Hunchback o f Notre Dame; Indepen- 
dence Day; Mission: Impossible; Phenomenon; Stealing 
Beauty; Striptease; Hie Cable Guy; The Nutty Profes- 
sor. 

North Shore Towers— 27-10 Grand Central Pkwy., 
Floral Park (229-7702) Someone Ebe's America; 
Twister. 

Plaza— 103-14 Roosevelt Ave., at 103rd St., Coro- 
na (639-0012) Tlic Nutty Professor; Independence 
Day. 

Quartet— 160-06 Northern Blvd., at 160th St., 
Flushing (359-6777) Eraser; Hunchback of Notre 
Dame; Vie Nutty Profcssor;Vie Rock. 




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Area Code 7 18 



Astoria— 28-60 Steinway St. (726-1279) Eraser; 
Hunchback of Notre Dame; Independence Day; Mis- 
sion: Impossible; The Cable Guy.Tlie Nutty Professor. 

Bay Terrace— 21 l-Ol 26th Ave. and Bell Blvd.', Bay- 
side (428-4040) Eraser; Hunchback of Notre Dame; 
Phenomenon; Tlic Rock. 

Cinema 5 — 183-15 Horace Harding Expy.at 183rd 
St., Fresh Meadows (777-FILM#592) Baser, Phe- 
nomenon; The Nutty Professor; Tlic Rock. Opening 
7/10: Harriet the Spy. 

Cinemart— 106-03 Metropolitan Ave . at 72nd Rd., 
Forest Hills (261-2244) Hunchback of Notre Dame; 
Vie Rock. 

Continental— 70-20 Austin St., Forest Hills (544- 
1020) independence Day; Lone Star; Striptease. 

Crossbay — 94-1 1 Rockaway Blvd., at Woodhaven 
Blvd., Ozone Park (848-1738) Independence Day; 
Vie Nutty Professor. 

Crossbay II — 92-10 Rockaway Blvd., at 93rd St., 
Ozone Park (64 1 -5330) Eraser; Hunchback of Notre 
Dame; Mission: Impossible; Slriptease;Vie Cable Guy; 
Vie Rock. 

Elmwood— 57-02 Hoffman Dr., Elmhurst (429- 
4770) Hunchback of Notre Dame; Mission: Impossible; 
Vie Rock. 

Forest Hills— 107-16 Continental Ave., at Queens 
Blvd. (261-7866) Stating Beauty; Vie Cable Guy. 



In Courage Under Fire (opening July 12), Denzel Washington (right) reteams 
with Edward Zwick, who directed him to an Oscar for 1989's Civil War drama 
Glory. This time, Denzel's investigating the conduct of a female captain (Meg 
Ryan) who was killed in the Gulf War. 

Surfside— 104th St., Rockaway (945-4632) Eraser; 

Independence Day 
The Movies at Bayside— 38-39 BeU Blvd.. at 39th Ave. 
(225-7711) Independence Day; Mission: Impossible; 
Striptease; Vic Cable Guy. 
Tryton— 98-81 Queens Blvd., at 66th Ave., Forest 
Hills (459-8944) Phenomenon. 



Staten Island 

A rea Code 1 I 8 

Atrium — 680 Arthur Kill Road, nr. Richmond Ave., 
EMngvilk (317-8300) Eraser; Hunchback of Notre 
Dame; Independence Day; Phenomenon; Vie Cable 
Guy; Die Rock. Opening 7/10: Harriet the Spy. 

Hylan Plaza— 107 Mill Rd., at Hylan Blvd.. New 
Dorp (351-0805) Eraser; Hunchback of Notre 
Dame; Independence Day; Phenomenon; The Rock. 

The Movies at Staten Island — 141 E. Service Rd., at 
Victory Blvd., Travis (983-9600) Eraser; Hunch- 
back of Notre Dame; Independence Day; Mission: 
Impossible; Phenomenon; Striptease ;The Cable Guy; 
The Nutty Professor; The Rock; Twister. 

Museums, 
Societies, Etc. 

American Museum of the Moving Image — 7/13 and 
7/14: "Thrills and Chills with Jack Hill." 7/13: 
Foxy Brown (1974) and Pit Stop (1969). 7/14: 



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Spider Baby (1968) and Switchblade Sisters (1975). 
3601 36th St., Astoria, Queens (entrance on 
35th Ave.; 718-784-0077); $7. 

Anthology Film Archives — "Italian Summer Fim Festi- 
valV."7/l 1: Zavattini and Alessandro Biasetti. 7/11 
and 7/14: For Me, to Make a Film Is to Live (1995). 
7/12: Padre Padrone (1977). 7/13: N.U (1948), La 
Notte (1961), and Voyage to Italy (1953). 7/14: 
Chung Km (1972) and ITre Volti (1965). 32 Sec- 
ond Ave., at 2nd St. (505-5181); $7. 

Bryant Park Summer Film Festival — 7/8: The Adven- 
tures of Robin Hood (1938). 7/15: The Seven Year 
Itch (1955). Raindates for each: the next night. 
Sixth Ave. bet. 40th and 42nd Sts. (512-5700); 
free. 

A Different Light— 7/7: Blonde Venus (1932). 151 W. 

19th St. (989-4850); free. 
Film Forum — "Out of the Seventies: Hollywood's 
New Wave, 1969-1975." 7/8: Kid Blue (1972) 
and Dirty Little Billy (1972). 7/9: Glen and Randa 
(1971) and Putney Swope (1969). 7/10 and 7/11: 
Dusty and Sweets McGee (1971) and Cisco Pike 
(1971). 7/12-7/14: Husbands (1970). 7/15: Diary 
of a Mad Housewife (1970) and Wanda (1971). 209 
W. Houston St. ("727-81 10); $8. 

Film in Void— 7/10: Lolita. Drink- 
ing and smoking permitted. 16 
Mercer St. (941-6492); free. 
Film Society of Lincoln Center (The 
Walter Reade Theater) — "Le 
Livre, Le Film: French Screen 
Adaptations." 7/8: Forbidden Games 
(1952) and Diary of a Country Priest 
(1954). 7/9 and 7/10: Madame Bo- 
vary (1991) and Le Plaisir (1952). 
7/11 and 7/12: La Princesse de 
Cleves (1961) and Les Liaisons Dan- 
oereuses (1959). 7/14: Les Parents 
'Terriblcs (1948) and Death in the 
Garden (1956). "Independents 
Night." 7/11: Garbaoe (1995). 
7/13: Special New York Film Fes- 
tival Encore: Sdlantango (1994). 
7/13 and 7/ 14: "Movies for Kids." 
Wonder Man (1945). 65 W. 65th St., 
plaza level. (875-5600); $7.50. 
French Institute — 7/9: Betty Blue 
(1986). Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 
59th St. (355-6160); $7, seniors, 
$5.50. 

Le Madri's "Film al Fresco" — "Film 
al Fresco," a series of outdoor 
screenings, with live music and 
menu keyed to the film. This sum- 
mer's theme: cowboys. 7/14: Once 
Upon a Time in the West (1959). 168 
W. 18th St. (727-8022); $8 admis- 
sion; no minimum on food or drink required. 
Lighthouse Cinema— 7/8: Dada from /. to A (1964). 
7/9: "Scalpel Fetish Night." 7/10: Battleship 
Polemkin (1925). 7/11: Dog Day A fternoon (1975). 
7/12: "1 Know Why You're Afraid: Educational 
Films That Warped a Generation." 7/13 and 
7/14: Wild in the Streets (1968). 116 Suffolk St. 
(bet. Rivington and Delancey Sts.) (979-7571). 
$7. 

Museum of Modern Art — "Scorsese at the Movies: 
Selections from the Martin Scorsese Collection." 
7/8: Blue Skies (1946) and Words and Music 

(1948) . 7/9: Lady in the Dark (1944) and Isle of the 
Dead (1948). 7/11 and 7/13: trie Magnificent Am- 
bersons (1942). 7/11 and 7/14: Macbeth (1948) 
and The Third Man (1949). 7/12 and 7/13: Mon- 
sieur Verdoux (1947) and The Small Back Room 

(1949) . 7/12 and 7/14: The Stranoe Woman 
(1946). 1 1 W. 53rd St. (708-9480); $8. 

Movie Listings Online 

New York Magazine Online (on CompuServe) now offers 
expanded movie listings, covering more than 250 the- 
aters throughout New York City, Long Island, Westch- 
ester, northern New Jersey, and southern Connecticut 
These listings, which are updated daily, also contain 
show times for all movies. To subscribe, caH 1-800-305- 
3280. If you're already on CompuServe, you can find us 
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Ching Ho Cheng — Torn-rag-paper arrange- 
ments; through 7/31. Gat, 1 100 Madison 
Ave. (327-0441). 

Antonio Frasconi — Recent prints and illus- 
trated books; through 7/31. Dintenfass 
in association with Salander-O'Reilly, 
20 E. 79th St. (581-2268). 

Pia Stedtbaumer/Eran Schaerf — Figurative 
sculptures in wax, plaster, felt, and 
bronze/Site-specific installations.Through 
7/23. Goethe House, 1014 Fifth Ave. 
(439-8700). 

5 7 th Street Area 

Douglas Argue — Watercolors and mixed- 
media works on paper that suggest ear- 
ly scientific illustrations; through 7/19. 
Associated American Artists, 20 W. 57th 
St. (399-5510). 

Laurent de Brunhoff — Recent abstract wa- 
tercolors by the author and illustrator 
of the Bahar books; through 8/2. Ryan. 
24 W. 57th St. (397-0669). 

Paul Cadmus/George Piatt Lynes — Draw- 
ings of the male nude from a series the 
artist began in 1965/ A selection of 
photographs, including nudes, por- 
traits, and fashion work. Through 7/26. 
Moore, 724 Fifth Ave. (247-21 1 1). 

Jacqueline Donachle — An installation that 
uses sound as a form of storytelling to 
evoke memories of past feelings and 
events; through 7/12. Goodman, 24 W. 
57th St. (977-7160). 

Diane Kepford — Large-scale paintings of 
women's faces; through 7/17. Little- 
john Contemporary, 41 E. 57th St. 
(980-2323). 

Philip Pearlstein — Portraits executed be- 
tween 1946 and 1996, including those 
of the artists Scott Burton, Alex Katz, 
and Raphael Soyer; through 7/31. 
Miller. 41 E. 57th St. (980-5454). 

Pablo Picasso — Unique ceramic works 
from the Jacqueline Picasso collection; 
through 71 1 4. Hammer, 33 W. 57th St. 
(644-4400). 

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Roderick Buchanan/Jacqueline Donachie — Recent 
works bv these two Glasgow-based artists; 
through 7/26.Tilton,49 Greene St. (941-1775). 

Dale Chihuly — New glass sculptures from the artist's 
"Chandeliers" series; through 7/26. Cowles, 420 
W. Broadway (925-3500). 

Nora Flsch — Computer-generated images of per- 
formance art and the counterculture movement 
of the sixties output onto canvas and paper; 
through 7/13. Petronko, 568 Broadway (334- 
4020). 

Ground Rules: 
Galleries are generally open Tues. through Sat., from 
between 10 and 11 to between 5 and 6. 




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The heady days of punk's pantheon are evoked in images 
of Deborah Harry and Iggy Pop (by Bob Gruen), Sid 
Vicious, Mink DeVille, and other rebels by 43 photog- 
raphers. At Earl McGrath Gallery, 20 West 57th 
Street; through August 2 ( reopens September 3)- 



Condeso/Lawler. 524 Broadway (219- 
1283). 

Lee Stoezel/Mark Stone — Recent paintings 

by both; through 7/27. Grand Salon, 83 

Grand St. (226-1861). 

Simon Ungers — A site-specific installation; 

through 7/20. Bungert. 225 Lafayette St. 

(925-0200). 

Peter Waite — Paintings of various kinds of 
institutions, among them casinos, prisons, 
corporate boardrooms, and educational 
facilities; through 7/26. Thorp, 103 
Prince St. (431-6880). 

Other 

Elizabeth Catlett — A survey of the African- 
American artist's paintings, sculptures, and 
prints from the past five decades; through 
8/15. Caribbean Cultural Center/ African 
Diaspora Institute, 408 W. 58th St. (307- 
7420). 

Eric Karpeles — The Sanctuary Project — an 
installation of abstract paintings that 
forms a thirty-by-fifty-foot enclosure in- 
tended as a place of contemplation and 
renewal; through 9/8. Grand Central Ter- 
minal, Main Waiting Room, 42nd St. be- 
tween Vanderbilt Ave. and Lexington Ave. 
(340-3284), daily 10-7. 
Simon Leung — A project titled "Call to 
Glory.. .or Afternoon Tea With Marcel 
Duchamp" that proposes the 
Duchampian legacy as a discourse of 
ethics and consists of individual works in 
silkscreen, photography, text, sculpture, 
and video; through 7/26. Hearn, 530 W. 
22nd St. (727-7366), Wed - Sun. 1 1-6. 
Mercedes Matter — Still-life drawings from 
the past ten years; through 71 1 3. New York 
Studio School, 8 W. 8th St. (673-6466). 

Group Shows 

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Shigeko Kubota — Kinetic sculptures, a video "rock 

garden." and overhead projections; through 8/2. 

Fung. 140 Sullivan St. (505-3369). 
Finn Reinbothe — Installations, photographs, and 

paintings bv a Danish artist; through 71 1 2. DCA, 

420 W. Broadway (334-3331). 
Thomas Rose — An installation that incorporates the 

traditional elements of a garden, among them a 

gate, a stone, a fountain, a bridge, and a bench; 

through 7/13. Steinbaum Krauss, 132 Greene St. 

(431-4224). 

Edward Ruse ha — A survey of the artist's books and 
book works; through 7/27. Printed Matter, 77 
Wooster St. (925-0325). 

Nobi Shioya — Sculptures of religious figures sub- 
merged in water; through 7/20. 1 23 Watts, 1 23 
Watts St. (219-1482). 

Larry Spaid — Drawings completed in Japan that are 
the artist's response to the traditional Eastern or- 
namental, architectural, and utilitarian objects 
with which he became fascinated; through 7/13. 



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Baumgold— 128 E.72nd St. (861-7338). An 
invitational show of works by Blosscr, 
Borocz, Gandolf, Green, Steinberg. Wood- 
man, others; through 7/25. 
Hirschl & Adler Modem— 21 E. 70th St. (535- 
8810). Works by Carol Diehl, Charles 
Garabedian, Grace Knowlton, John Lees, 
Joan Snyder. Robert Rahway Zakanitch. others; 
7/10-8/16. 

Knoedler— 19 E. 70th St. (794-0550). Works in me- 
dia not commonly associated with a particular 
artist's oeuvre, among them films by Nancy Graves, 
photographs by David Smith and Richard 
Pousette-Dart, and an architectural model by 
Frank Stella; through 9/22. 

Murakami— 17 E. 71st St. (717-6085). Works on 
paper, cast-gesso reliefs, plasticine reliefs, and 
wooden constructions by Lynda Benglis, Louis 
Lieberman, and Astrid Fitzgerald; through 7/27. 

Stone— 1 13 E.90th St. (988-6870).The pllery's an- 
nual summer talent show, with works by more 
than 25 emerging artists; through 7/26. 

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Del Re— 41 E. 57th St. (688- 1843). Works by Adami. 
Annan, Indiana. Pousette-Dart, Stella, others; 
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French— 24 W. 57th St. (247-2457). Paintings of 
landscapes, interiors, and still life by Anderson, 
Briggs, Berg. Fields, Kelly, Linehan, Monafo, J. 
Patterson, W. Patterson, Zigmond. others; 
through 9/3. 

Schmidt Bingham — 1 1 E. 57th St. (888-1122). 
"Peep Show," with works by Gregory Barsanian, 
Paul Caponigro, Janice Gordon, Holly Lane, 
Scherer & Ouporov, Idelle Weber; through 8/9. 

Washburn— 2(1 W. 57th St. (397-6780). Paintings and 
collages from the fifties by Agnes Martin, Alice 
Trumbull Mason, and Anne Ryan; through 7/12. 

So Ho and TriBeCa 

American Fine Arts, Co.— 22 Wooster St. (941- 
0401). Works by Roy Arden.Tom Burr, Chivas 
Clem, John Kelsey, Lisa Ruyter, Jayce Salloum, 
and John Waters; through 7/13. 

Basilico— 26 Wooster St. (966-1831). "Intermis- 
sion," with works by Matthew Barney, Vanessa 
Beecroft, David Deutsch, Charles LeDray, Tony 
Oursler, Wolfgang Tillmans, others; through 
7/20. 

Bronwyn Keenan— 494 Broadway (431-5083). Re- 
cent paintings by Sharon Horvath, Thomas 
Laduke, and Jeanne Tremel; through 7/26. 

Donahue— 560 Broadway (226-1 1 1 1). Works by 
Laurie Fendrich, Vanessa Haney, Ruth Pas tine, 
Li Lin Lee, Nachume Miller, LenoreTawney, and 
Robin Utterback; through 7/31. 

Exit Art/The First World— 548 Broadway (966-7745). 
"Sweat," with works on the theme of summer 
by 31 artists, among them David Byrne, Elliott 
Green, Kim Jones, and Allison Smith: through 
7/13. 

Foster— 62 Crosby St. (966-9024). Paintings and 
sculpture by Augustus Goertz, Sarah Leahy. Jim 
Toia, and Gerald Wolfe; through 7/25. 

Hoffman— 429 West Broadway (966-6676). Small- 
scale works by Brady, Buchwald, Eddy, Ferrer, 
Khalil, MacKenzie. Okulick, Plagens. others: 
through 7/12. 

Kasmin— 74 Grand St. (219-3219). Sculpture by 
Donald Baechler. Kostantin Kakanias, and Nan- 
cv Rubins: through 9/21. 

Klagsbrun— 80 Mercer St. (925-5157). Recent 
works by Dianna Frid, Amy Steiner, and Patricia 
Thornley: through 7/26. 

Klein— 40 Wooster St. (431-1980). "The Facts of 
Life," with works by Peter Krashes. Glen Rub- 
samen, and James Stivender; through 7/19. 

luhring Augustine— 1 30 Prince St. (219-9600). 
"Exposure," with photo-based works by Janine 
Antoni, Sophie Calle, Larry Clark, Gregory 
Crewdson, Paul McCarthy, Steve Wolfe, and oth- 
ers; through 8/2. 

Postmasters— 80 Greene St. (941-571 1). Works by 
Devon Dikeou, Robert Heckes, and Christian 
Schumann/A mixed-media installation by 
Claude Wampler; through 7/13. 

Room — 25 Thompson St. (22(>- 1 831). "Fourteen 
Days — A Salon," with works by 32 emerging 
and established American and European artists, 
among them {Catherine Bradford, Jeanette 
Christensen, Sally Elesby, Tom Martinelli, 
Stephen Westfall. and Kit White; 7/10-27. 

Ross— 568 Broadway (343-2161). Carved wood 
sculptures by Azara. Ghiz. Grossman, King. Von 
Rydingsvard.Whitten. others; through 7/26. 

Senior— 375 W. Broadway (941-0960). Works by 
Hermine Ford. Georgia Marsh, and Elyn Zim- 
merman; through 8/2. 

Shapolsky — 99 Spring St. (334-9755). Approaches 
toward Abstract Expressionism from nine 
painters and sculptors; through 9/28. 

Solomon— 172 Mercer St. (941-5777). Recent 
works by Eric Drooker, Paul Garrin, and David 
Rokebv; through 8/2. 

Weber— 142 Greene St. (966-6115). "Pho- 
toworks/ Artworks," with works by Victor Bur- 
gin, Patrick Faigenbaum. Kathy Grove, Louise 
Lawler, Allan McCoUum,Johl) O'Reilly, others; 
through 8/30. 

Other 

Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage — Cadman Plaza West at 
Hicks St. and Old Fulton St.. Brooklyn (206- 
6674, ext. 251). Creative Time's "Art in the An- 



chorage '96," with works by Doug Aitken & U- 
Ziq, Rebecca Bollinger, Jim Campbell, Shirin 
Neshat, Penelope Umbrico, others; through 
8/25. 

Greene Naftall— 526 W. 26th St. (463-7770). Works 
by Thomas Baldwin.Julie Becker, Rachel Harri- 
son, Josephine Meckseper, and Luke Murphy; 
through 8/2. 

Sculpture Center at Roosevelt Island — Main St. at 
Motorgate Parking Garage, Roosevelt Island 
(832-4540, ext. 359). Recent sculpture by Mary 
Carlson, Nina Levy. Heidi Schlatter, others; 
through 11/15. 

Socrates Sculpture Park — Broadway at Vernon 
Blvd., Long Island City (718-956-1819), daily 
until dusk. "Tenth Anniversary Show, Part I" 
with outdoor sculptures by Colin Chase, Kurt 
Delbanco, Julie Dermansky, Darrell Petit, Kazu- 
mi Tanaka and George Mansfields, and others; 
through 8/15. 

World Financial Center - -225 Liberty St. (945-0505), 
Tues.— Sat. 12— 6. "Sacred. Popular, and Contem- 
porary Art From the Northeast of Brazil" fea- 
tures ex-votos from the collection of Janete 
Costa of Rio de Janeiro and Recife, and con- 
temporary works by Marcia Abreu. Caetano 
Dias, Betania Luna, Eudes Mota, MarcalThayde, 
and others; through 7/13. 

Photography 



~lfth Ave. at 64th St. (360-8143). Vintage 
and contemporary photographs from the New 
York City Parks Photography Archive: through 
9/13. 

Benrubi— 52 E. 76th St. (517-3766). Third annual 
summer salon show, featuring works by Evans, 
Frank, Weegee, and emerging artists Peter 
Garfield. John Goodman. David Stephenson, oth- 
ers; through 8/10. 

Steven Brock — Black-and-white portraits of the peo- 
ple of Pomabamba. a remote Andean village in 
North-Central Peru; through 8/16. Richardson, 
560 Broadway (343-0839). 

Ellen Brooks — " 1975/ 1995." sculptural and two-di- 
mensional reinventions of adolescents pho- 
tographed in 1975; through 7/13. Wooster Gar- 
dens, 558 Broadway (941-5480). 

Lynn Butler —Photographs oflandscapes shot on horse- 
back or from various kinds of moving vehicles; 
through 7/31. Leica. 670 Broadway (777-3051). 

Carl Chiarenza — Black-and-white abstract pho- 
tographs taken between 1957 and 1995; through 
7/12. Witkin. 415 W. Broadway (925-5510). 

Albert Chong — Photographs by a Jamaican artist 
whose altarlike still-life compositions and self- 
portraits of himself engaged in ceremonial acts 
draw on Obeah, Rastafarianism, Santeria, and oth- 
er spiritual practices; through 7/20. Throckmor- 
ton, 153 E. 61st St. (223-1059). 

Thomas Joshua Cooper — Photographs from the past 
two decades, including images of the landscape, 
quarries, and rivers of Great Britain, and more re- 
cent images of native American territories and the 
rivers of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico; 
through 7/19. Kelly, 43 Mercer St. (343-2405). 

Imogen Cunningham — Vintage and early photographs 
of plants and (lowers: through 8/2. 292, 120 
Wooster St. (431-0292). 

Danziger— 130 Prince St. (226-0056). "The Insistent 
Image," with works by Ansel Adams, Imogen 
Cunningham, Dorothea Lange, Carleton Watkins, 
others; "Selections From Life" with works by 
Loomis Dean. Elliott Erwitt.John Loengard, Mark 
Shaw, others; through 7/26. 

Greenberg— 120 Wooster St. (334-0010). Pho- 
tographs of dancers by Lois Greenfield. Gjon Mili, 
and Barbara Morgan; through 8/2. 

MJP— 1 130 Fifth Ave. (860-1 777) ;Wed.-Sun. 1 1-6; 
$4, $2.50 students and seniors. "Landscapes of 
the Civil War: Newly Discovered Photographs 
From the Medford Historical Society"; 
7/12-11/10. 

ICP Midtown— 1133 Sixth Ave. (860-1783), Tues. 
I 1-8. Wed.-Sun. 1 1-6. "In Times of War and 
Peace:The Photographs of David and Peter Turn- 
ley"; through 9/8. . . . "Emerging Photographers 
#2: Award-Winning Work by NewYork City Stu- 
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Gustav Klutsis — Photographs and photomontages of 
designs for agitational-propaganda posters, plus 
original posters, poster sketches, and spatial studies; 
through 8/17. Schickler, 52 E. 76th St. (737-6647). 

Marlborough 41) W. 57th St. (541-4900). An exhi- 
bition of photogravures dating from 1903 to the 
present, ranging from examples from Camera 
Work, the illustrated periodical published and 
edited by Alfred Stieglitz to contemporary pro- 
jects by Robert Rauschenberg and Roy DeCar- 
ava; through 8/2. 

McGrath— 20 W. 57th St. (956-3366). "The Cool & 



the Crazy: Images of Punk," with works by Dan 

Asher, Victor Bockris, Dob Gruen, Christopher 

Makos, Marcia Resnick, and odiers; through 8/2 

(reopens 9/3). 
Pedro Meyer — Computer-enhanced photographs 

whose imagery comments on the similarities and 

contrasts between Mexico and the United States; 

through 8/17. Aperture's Burden Gallery. 20 E. 

23rd St. (505-5555). 
Frederic Ohringer — Photographs of flowers, nudes, and 

landscapes; through 7/12. Houk Friedman, 851 

Madison Ave. (628-5300). 



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If $ rare that a structure with a design perfectly suited to one purpose lends itself well to another. 
But that* s exactly the case with one of the gargantuan stone-and-steel structures that John Roeb- 
ling devised a century ago to secure the main cables of the Brooklyn Bridge to terra firma. The 
Brooklyn Anchorage, piled near the River Cafe at Old Fulton Street, is just as brilliant at showcasing 
art, having been pressed into service as a summer exhibition and performance space in 1983 by one 
of the city's chief presenters of public art, Creative Time. (The Manhattan Anchorage is closed to the 
public and used for storage.) Inside is a vision straight out of Piranesi, all soaring vaults and arches 
of masonry and brick — cool, damp, and resonant Until August 25, the space houses a show of digi- 
tal and media-based art inspired by more-contemporary wonder devices. Installations include work by 
Doug Artken, Rebeca Bollinger and Jim Campbell, Yau Ching, Pierrick Sorin, and Penelope Umbrico. 
And this week, on July 12, to exploit every last cubic foot of the historic space, Creative Time is open- 
ing a musk series with a program by Soundlab (see "Nightlife," page 75). All of which gives new life 
to Montgomery Schuyler's words heralding the bridge's opening in 1883: "The work which is likely to 
be our most durable monument, and to convey some knowledge of us to the most remote posterity, is 
a work of bare utility; not a shrine, not a fortress, not a palace, but a bridge." Stephen Greco 



Installation by Yau Ching. 




Sebastiano Piras — Portraits of artists from his new 
book, /Irtish Exposed; through 7/14. Space Unti- 
ded, 133 Greene St. (245-2888). 

Rkxo/Maresca I 52 Wooster St. (780-0076). Works 
by Robert Frank, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sally 
Mann, and other photographers and scientists 
chronicling attitudes toward delirium over the last 
two centuries; through 8/15. 

Seagram— 375 Park Ave. (572-7379). California pho- 
tography from the seventies; through 8/16. 

World Financial Center— 200 Liberty St. (945-2600). 
"Sacred Lands of the Southwest." an installation of 
Harvey Lloyd's aerial photographs of national 
parks, monuments, pueblos, and Anasazi ruins on 
the Colorado plateau; through 9/6. 

Museums 

American Craft Museum — "Breaking Barriers: Re- 
cent American Craft." Works by Wendell Castle, 
Dale Chihuly.Viola Frey, Michael Lucero, Albert 
Paley.Jovce Scott, and other contemporary craft 
artists; through 10/13. 40 W. 53rd St. (956- 
3535);Tues. 10-8.Wed.-Sun. 10-5; $5. $2.50 se- 
niors and students. 

American Museum of Natural History — "Scientists 
and Journalists — One Story, Two Voices: A Cen- 
tury of Science Reporting in The New York 
Times"; through 9/29. . . . "Amber: Window to 
the Past." A history of amber in fossil specimens 
and decorative objects; through 9/2. . . . "Wit- 
ness: Endangered Species of North America." 
Photographs of animals and plants in immediate 
danger of extinction; through 10/6. Central Park 
West at 79th St. (769-5100); Sun.-Thurs. 
10-5:45, Fri. and Sat. 10-8:45; $7 suggested 
contribution, $5 students and seniors, $4 chil- 
dren 

Asia Society— "Worlds Within Worlds: The Richard 
Rosenblum Collection of Chinese Scholars' 
Rocks"; through 8/18. 725 Park Ave. (288-6400); 
Tues.-Sat. 1 1-6 (Thurs. 6-8 free).Sun. 12-5;$3;$1 
seniors and students. 

Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts — 
"Josef Frank, Architect and Designer: An Alterna- 
tive Vision of the Modern Home." Architectural 
drawings, models, drawings for applied arts, furni- 
ture, textiles, and other works by the Viennese de- 
signer and architect; through 7/21. 18 W. 86th St. 
(501-3000),Tues.-Sun. 1 1-5 (Thurs. until 8:30). 

Bronx Museum of the Arts — 1040 Grand Concourse, 
Bronx (718-681-60IXJ); Wed. 3-9. Thurs. and Fri. 
10-5, Sat. and Sun. 1-6; $3. $2 students, $1 seniors. 

Brooklyn Museum — "Converging Cultures: Art & 
Identity in Spanish America." Paintings, sculp- 
ture, costumes, textiles, domestic and religious 
objects, and manuscripts from the Spanish colo- 
nial viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru; 
through 8/11... "Early Renaissance Paintings 
From the Brooklyn Museum." The museum's 
own collection of thirteenth- and fourteenth- 
century Italian panel paintings; through 8/31. 
. . . "Alison Saar: The Woods Within.' A site- 
specific sculpture installation; through 9/8. 200 
Eastern Pkwy., Brooklyn (718-638-5000); 
Wed. -Sun. 10-5; $4, $2 students, $1.50 seniors. 

Dahesh Museum — "On the Prowl: Hunters and the 
Hunted" with hunting images in paintings and 
sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye, Jean-Leon 
Gerome, Constant Troyon, and others; through 
10/5. 601 Fifth Ave. (759-0606).Tues.-Sat. 11-6; 
free. 

El Museo del Barrio — "Re-visions of El Barrio." A 
selection of photographs and drawings made by 
East Harlem youths during a ten-week class held 
by El Museo del Barrio and the International 
Center of Photography; through 8/18. .. . 
"Working Shoes: A Site-Specific Installation by 
Ana Busto"; through 9/15. 1230 Fifth Ave. (831- 
7272); Wed.-Sun. 11-5, Thurs. 12-7; $4, $2 se- 
niors and students. 

Frlck Collection— 1 E. 70th St. (288-0700);Tues.-Sat. 
10-6, Sun. 1-6; $5, $3 students and seniors; chil- 
dren under 10 not admitted. 

Guggenheim Museum — "Meret Oppenheim: Beyond 
the Teacup." The first retrospective of the Swiss 
artist's work in the United States, spanning the 
early thirties to the early eighties; through 10/9. 
. . . "Africa: The Art of a Continent." The first 

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major survey of the artistic traditions of the en- 
tire African continent; through 9/29. . . . 
"In/sight: African Photographers, 1940 to the 
Present"; through 9/22. 1071 Fifth Ave., at 88th 
St. (423-3500); Sun.-Wed. 10-6. Fri. and Sat. 

10— 8 (Fri. 6-8, pay what you wish), closed 
Thurs.; $10, $5 students and seniors. 

Guggenheim Museum S0H0 — "Mediascape." Multi- 
media and interactive art by ten artists, among 
them Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Bruce Nauman, 
Nam June Paik. and Bill Viola; through 9/15. 
575 Broadway (423-3500), Wed.-Fri. 11-6, Sat. 

1 1- 8, Sun. 1 1-6; $6, $4 students and seniors. 
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum — More than 250 

works by the sculptor (1904-1988), displayed in 
his former studio and garden. 32-37 Vernon 
Blvd., Long Island City (718-721-1932); 
Wed.-Fri. 10-5, Sat. and Sun. 1 1-6 (on Sat. and 
Sun., the museum operates a shuttle-bus service 
from Manhattan departing from 70th St. and 
Park Ave. beginning at 11:30 a.m. and making 
hourly trips on the half hour; round-trip fare is 
$5); $4, $2 seniors and children. 
Metropolitan Museum of Art — "Winslow Homer." 
The first comprehensive of the American 
painter's work in more than 20 years, featuring 
approximately 180 paintings, watercolors, and 
drawings from all periods of his career; through 

9/22 "American Printmaking 1880-1900: 

Winslow Homer and His Contemporaries"; 
through 9/22. . . . "Toulouse Lautrec." Litho- 
graphs, related paintings, and drawings from the 
museum's collection; through 9/15. .. . "An- 
cient Art From the Shumei Family Collection"; 
through 9/1. .. . "The Art of the Renaissance 
Woodworker: The Gubbio Studiolo Restored." 
An exhibition that complements the museum's 
recent installation of a room of inlaid ttompe- 
I'oeil panels that was once the studiolo of Duke 
Fedcrico da Montefeltro; through 4/97. . . . 
"Making Music: Two Centuries of Musical In- 
strument Making in New York"; through 7/28. 
. . . "Bare Witness: Clothing and Nudity"; 
through 8/18. . . . "Art of the Deccani Sultans"; 
through 8/25. . . . "Studio Glass in the Metro- 
politan Museum of Art"; through 10/6. .. . 
"American Painting: 1930-1940. Selections 
From the Collection"; through 9/8. 1000 Fifth 
Ave., at 82nd St. (879-5500); Tues.-Thurs. and 
Sun. 9:30-5:15, Fri. and Sat. 9:30-9; $7 contri- 
bution. $3.50 children and seniors. The Clois- 
ters, Fort Tryon Park (923-3700); Tues.-Sun. 
9:30—4:45 (closes at 5:15 between April and 
September). 

Museum for African Art — "Memory: Luba Art and 
the Making of History." An exhibit of sculpture, 
memory boards, beaded objects, ornamented 
royal scepters, and other arts of the Luba of Zaire 
from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries; 
through 9/8. 593 Broadway (966-1313); 
Tues.-Fri. 10:30-5:30, Sat. and Sun. 12-6;$4,$2 
children, seniors, and students. 

Museum of American Folk Art — "An American Trea- 
sury: Quilts From the Museum of American 
Folk Art"; through 9/8. . . . "The Art of the 
Contemporary Doll"; through 9/8. 2 Lincoln 
Square (595-9533);Tues.-Sun. 1 1 :3O-7:30; free. 

Museum of Modern Art — "Picasso and Portraiture: 
Representation and Transformation." The first 
comprehensive survey of the artist's portrait 
work, beginning with the early studies from his 
years in Barcelona, then moving through his life 
via intimate portrayals of his family, lovers, and 
friends; through 9/17. . . . "Pictures of the 
Times: A Century of Photography From the 
New York Times"; through 10/8. . . . "From 
Bauhaus to Pop: Masterworks Given by Philip 
Johnson"; through 9/3. . . . "Refining the 
Sports Car: Jaguars E-Type"; through 8/20. . . . 
"Thinking Print: Books to Billboards. 
1980-95"; through 9/10. 11 W. 53rd St. (708- 
9480); Sat.-Tues. 11-6, Thurs. and Fri. 
noon-8:30, closed Wed.; $8, $5 students and se- 
niors (Thurs. and Fri. 5:30-8:30, pay what you 
wish). Note: Admission to "Picasso and Portrai- 
ture" is by timed-entry tickets, available in the 
museum's lobby or bv calling Ticketmaster at 
(212) 307-4545, for $12.50 (adults) ,$9 (seniors 
and students), and $4 (children 6 to 15). 

Museum of the City of New York — "Revisiting the 



Scene: New Evidence. New Discoveries." Nine- 
teenth- and twentieth-century paintings of 
scenes of New York from the museum's collec- 
tion; through 1/12/97. . . . "Gaelic Gotham: A 
History of the Irish in New York"; through 
10/27. 1220 Fifth Ave., at 103rd St. (534-1672); 
Wed. -Sat. 10-5, Sun. 1-5; $5, $3 students and 
seniors. 

National Academy of Design — " 1 7 1 st Annual Exhibi- 
tion"; through 9/1.1 083 Fifth Ave. (369-4880); 
Wed.-Sun. 12-5 (Fri. until 8); $5, $3.50 seniors, 
students, and children under 16. 

National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian 
Institution — George Gustav Heye Center, One 
Bowling Green (825-6700), 10-5 daily; free. 

New York Public Library — "Headlines, Deadlines, 
Bylines: The New York Times Morgue 

1896- 1996"; through 10/19 "The Hand of 

the Poet: Original Manuscripts'by 100 Masters"; 
through 7/31.. . "The Global Library 
http://www.11ypl.org." An exhibit that examines 
the digital revolution within the context of a 
5,000-year history of communications; through 
8/17. Fifth Ave. and 42nd St. (869-8089); Mon. 
10-6,Tues.-Wed. U-6.Thurs.-Sat. 10-6; free. 

New-York Historical Society — "Becoming Eleanor 
Roosevelt: The New York Years, 1884-1933"; 
through 11/24. . . . "Metropolitan Lives: The 
Ashcan Artists and Their New York, 

1897- 1917"; through 8/4. 2 W. 77th St. (873- 
3400); Wed.-Sun. noon-5; $3. $1 seniors and 
children. 

Pierpoirt Morgan Library — "Documenting the 
Times: Adolph S. Ochs and the Early Years of the 
New York Ti"wre";through 9/15. .. . "Being 
William Morris: A Centenary Exhibition "; 
through 9/1. .. . "Through British Eyes: Images 
of Bermuda, 181 5-1860." An exhibition of ear- 
ly-nineteenth-century drawings, watercolors, 
and prints of Bermuda that was organized by the 
Bermuda National Gallery and the Bermuda 
Government Archives; through 8/18 ... "Pre- 
Raphaelite Drawings: The Art of the Book and 
Beyond"; through 9/1. .. . "Morris's Medieval 
Manuscripts"; through 9/1. 29 E. 36th St. (685- 
0008); Tues.-Fri. 10:30-5, Sat. 10:30-6, Sun. 
noon— 6; $5 suggested donation. $3 students and 
seniors. 

Queens Museum of Art — "Heroic Painting." Works 
by Bo Bartlett. Vincent Desideno. Walton Ford, 
Lawrence Gipe, Julie Heffernan. Komar and 
Melamid, and Mark Tansey; 7/19-9/8 "Vi- 
sions of Ireland: Jack B.Yeats." Paintings by Ire- 
land's most noted modem painter, Jack B.Yeats 
(1871-1957); 7/19-9/8. New York City Build- 
ing, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens 
(718-592-9700); Wed.-Fri. 10-5, Sat. and Sun. 
12-5; $3 suggested donation, $1.50 seniors and 
children. 

Studio Museum in Harlem — "The Listening Sky: An 
Inaugural Exhibition of the Studio Museum in 
Harlem Sculpture Garden"; through 8/25. 144 
W. 125th St. (864-4500); Wed.-Fri. 10-5, Sat. 
and Sun. 1-6; $5. $3 students and seniors. 

Whitney Museum of American Art — "Shigeko Kubo- 
ta."An installation of the artist's video sculptures; 

through 8/25 "NYNY: City of Ambition." 

Paintings, photographs, films, architectural mod- 
els, and period clothing produced in New York 
City between the turn of the century and 1960; 
through 10/27. . . . "An American Story."Works 
from the museum's permanent collection; 
through 10/6. . . . "Perpetual Image: Photo- 
graphic Narratives of the Desert West"; through 
9/22. . . . "Collection in Context — Paul Cad- 
nius:The Sailor Trilogy." The artist's paintings of 
carousing sailors on shore leave in Riverside 
Park in the earlv thirties; through 9/ 1 . 945 
Madison Ave., at 75th St. (570-3676);Wed., Fri.. 
Sat., Sun. 11-6, Thurs. 1-8; $8, $6 students and 
seniors (free Thurs. 6-8). 



Auctions 



Doyle— 175 E. 87th St. (427-2730). 7/10 at 10: 
"Victorian Furniture & Decorative Arts." On 
view from 7/6. 

Swann— 104 E. 25th St. (254-4710). 7/18 at 2:30: 
"Shelf Sale." On view from 7/15. 



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Broadway 

e views and Openings 



A Thousand Clowns — Well before sixties counter- 
culture developed its full head of steam, play- 
wright Herb Gardner was already providing 
Broadway with characters who marched to a 
different drummer. Judd Hirsch stars in this re- 
vival of his 1962 play about a refugee from the 
Manhattan rat race. $55. Tues.-Sat. at 8, Wed., 
Sat., Sun. at 2. Opening 7/14; through 8/10. 
Roundabout, 15.10 Broadway (869-8400). 

N ow Play in J 

Beauty and the Beast — A musical based on a movie 
based on a fairy tale. Setting box-office and. pre- 
sumably, merchandising records even as we speak. 
Kerry Buder plays the girl; Jetf McCarthy plays 
the (hairy) boy. With Tony-award-winning cos- 
tume design by Ann Hould-Ward. Lyrics by Tim 
Rice and the late Howard Ashman; score by Alan 
Menken. $22.50-$ 70. Wed.-Sat. at 8, Wed. and 
Sat. at 2, Sun. at 1 and 6:30. Opened: 4/18/94. 
Palace Theatre, 1564 Broadway, at 47th St. (307- 
4100). 2 hrs. 30 mins. 

Big — A musical adaptation by John Weidman, 
Richard Maltby Jr.. and David Shire of the 1988 
film that starred Tom Hanks as a 1 2-year-old kid 
who makes a wish for an adult body and, to his 
surprise, gets it. With Daniel Jenkins, Crista 
Moore, and Jon Cypher; directed by Mike Ock- 
rent, with choreography by Susan Stroman. 
$42.50-$70. Tues.-Sat. at 8, Wed. and Sat. at 2, 
Sun. at 3. Slmhert, 225 W. 44th St. (239-6200). 

Bring In 'da Noise, Bring In 'da Funk — Miss it at the 
Public a few months ago? George C.Wolfe and 
Savion Glover's meditation on the pre-Hollywood 
ethnic roots of tap dancing has transferred uptown. 
$20-$67.50.Tues.-Sat. at 8,Wed. and Sat. at 2, Sun. 
at 3. Ambassador, 219 W. 49th St. (239-6200). 

Cats — Now and for the foreseeable future, by An 
drew Lloyd Webber, of course, with an assist from 
T. S. Eliot. $37.50-$65. Dark Thurs. Opened: 
10/7/82. Winter Garden Tlieater, 1634 Broadway, at 
50th St. (239-6200). 2 hrs. 30 mists. 

Defending the Caveman — Rob Becker's one-man 
show, which posits a genetically inherited differ 
ence from prehistoric days to explain why men 
("hunters") and women ("gatherers") get irritated 
with each other in Bloomingdale's. $47.50. 



Previews 

Dragnet 



The plot of Charlie! has something to do with a 
renegade mastermind's fiendish plot to kidnap a 
big wheel in the cosmetics industry, but unless 
you're the sort who, say, submits Angie Dickinson 
movies to really rigorous critical analysis, that is 
likely to be of less immediate appeal than the op- 
portunity the show offers an impressive quartet 
of downtown drag divas — Sherry Vine, Mis- 
stress Formika, Candis Cayne, and Justin 
Bond — to strut their not inconsiderable stuff. 
« HERE, 145 Sixth Avenue (647-0202). 

Photograph by Miehcal Wakefield. 



Wed.-Sat. at 8, Sat. at 2 and 5. Helen Hayes Theatre, 
240 W. 44th St. (228-3626. or just dial CAVE- 
MAS). 1 hrAOmins. 

A Delicate Balance — The writer who infused conti- 
nental absurdism with a distinctively American 
accent ends his far-too-long absence from 
Broadway with this Lincoln Center Theater re- 
vival of his 1966 Pulitzer Prize— winning drama 
about a family torn between love, fear, and mad- 
ness. $35-$45. Tues.-Sat. at 8, Wed. and Sat. at 2, 
Sun. at 3. Through 7/21. Plymouth, 236 W. 45th 
St. (239-6200). 

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum — A 
new revival of the 1 962 musical, featuring Nathan 
Lane as that sly guy Pseudolus. $25-$70. 
Mon.-Sat. at 8, Wed. and Sat. at 2. St. James Tlieatre, 
246 W. 44th St. (239-6200). 

Grease! — A crowd-pleasing, neon-heavy rock- 
and-roll musical about a group of high-school 
seniors in 1959. Book, music, and lyrics by Jim 
Jacobs and Warren Casey; directed and choreo- 
graphed by Jeff Calhoun. With Joe Barbara (An- 
other World) as bad boy Danny Zuko, Debby 
Boone as Rizzo, and Chubby Checker (no iden- 
tification necessary) as Teen Angel. $30-$67. 50. 
Tues.-Sat. at 8, Wed. and Sat. at 2, Sun. at 3. 
Opened: 5/11/94. Eugene O'Xeill Vieatre, 230 
W. 49th St. (239-6200). 2 hrs. 30 mins. 

Henry V — Once more unto the breach, dear 
friends! This play, starring Andre Braugher (of 
TV's Homicide) as Shakespeare's noblest 
monarch — a role that's made stars of actors rang- 
ing from Laurence Olivier to Kenneth 
Branagh — is currently kicking off the 
forty-first season of Shakespeare in thi 
Park at the Delacorte. Through 7/14 
Free, with a limit of two tickets per 
applicant. Tues.- Sun. at 8. Tickets may 
be picked up on the day of perfor- 
mance, starting at 1 KM. at the Dela 
cone Tlieater in Central Park, and 
between 1 and 3 P.M. at the Public 
t heater. 425 Lafayette 
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Ground Rules: 
Except where noted, Broadway shows begin at 8 and 
are dark Monday. Wallet-watchers should keep in mind 
the TKTS booths, where half-price tickets are available 
(for that day's performance only) to many Broadway 
and Off Broadway shows. TKTS booths are at Broadway 
and 47th St and 2 World Trade Center, mezzanine lev- 
el; call 212-768-1818 for more info. Involved in a pro- 
duction and want to submit details for a possible list- 
ing? Call 212-880-0740. 

at 79th St. and T-iftli Ave. Through 7/14. Delacorte 
Theater. Central Park (539-8750). 
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying — 

Armed only with charming dishonesty, aggressive 
young striver J. Pierrepont Finch (the role created 
by Robert Morse) rises swifdy to the top of the 
corporate world in a new Broadway revival of the 
1961 musical. Has much become dated in Shep- 
herd Mead's classic farce about raging ambition? 
Well, the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit wears Ar- 
mani these days, but the songs and lighthearted 
satire are as sharp as ever. With Matthew Broderick 
in the starring role in which he opened the pro- 
duction last spring, now opposite his real-life girl- 
friend Sarah Jessica Parker as the girls-just-wanna- 
get-married secretary Rosemary. $25-$67.50. 
Tues.-Sat. at 8, Wed. and Sat. at 2, Sun. at 3. 
Through 7/14. Richard Rodders Vieatre, 226 W. 
46th St. (307-4 Wm. 2 hrs. 40 mins. 

An Ideal Husband — Sir Peter Hall's ac- 
l.iuned West End revival of this 1895 
play, which uses a conventional plot 
of unmasked adultery to condemn 
soul-stifling British intolerance and 
self-deception, arrises on Broad- 
way from London's 1 l.iyniarket — 
the same theater, ironically, from 
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tnent for homosexuality. $30-$55. 
Mon.-Sat. at 8, Wed. and Sat. at 2. Ethel Bar- 
rymore, 243 W 47th St. (239-6200). 

The King and I — Along with Lincoln Center's 
recent Carousel and the current Broadway 
production of State Fair, the Rod ger* a nd- 
Hannnerstein renaissance continues apace 
with their famous musical adaptation of the 
memoir Anna Mid the King of Sum, featur- 
ing contemporary heartthrob Lou Dia- 
mond Phillips (un-bald) in the role created 
by Yul Brynner. $25-$75. Tues.-Sat. at 8. 
Wed. and Sat. at 2, Sun. at 3. Neil Simon Tlie- 
atre, 250 W. 52nd St. (307-4 WO). 

Les Miserable* — This pop-opera adaptation 
of the sprawling Victor Hugo novel, cur- 
rently in its tenth year on Broadway, re- 
cently became the fourth-longest-running 
show in Broadway history. With a book by 
Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schon- 
berg; music bv the latter; lyrics bv Herbert 
Kretzmer. $ 1 5-$70. Tues.-Sat. at 8. Wed. 
and Sat. at 2, Sun. at 3. Beginning 6/10: 
Mon.-Sat. at 8. Wed. and Sat. at 2. 
Opened: 3/12/87. Imperial Theater, 249 W. 
45th St. 1239-6200). 3 hs. 15 num. 

Love Thy Neighbor — Jackie Mason, back on 
Broadway with a new one-man show of 
stand-up comedy. $37.5(>-$49.50.Tues.-Sat. 
at 8, Sun. at 3. Booth, 222 W. 45th St. (239- 
6200). 

Master Class — In the early seventies, opera 
star Maria Callas took her diva persona 
from stage to classroom with a celebrated 
series of tutorials for young hopefuls. 
Slightly fictionalized, they're the subject of 
Terrence McNally's newest play, starring 
Patti LuPone (Frita) as the great monslre 
same herself. $32.50-$45. Tues.-Sat. at 8, 
Wed. and Sat. at 2. Golden Theatre, 252 IV 
45th St. (239-6200). 2 hrs. 30 num. 

Miss Saigon — This reworking of Puccini's 
Madama Butterfly set in Vietnam during the 
fall of Saigon has just celebrated its fifth 
anniversary on Broadway. Score by 
Claude-Michel Schonberg; lyrics by Alain 
Boublil and Richard Makby Jr.; directed 
by Nicholas Hytner. $15-$70. Mon.-Sat. 
at 8, Wed. and Sat. at 2; dark Sun. Opened: 
4/lt/91.Br<>.i</»'<iy77ic.irvr, 1681 Broadway, 
at 53rd St. (239-6200). 2 hrs. 30 wins. 

The Phantom of the Opera — In its ninth year 
on Broadway. Andrew Lloyd Webber's 
blockbuster continues to pack them in. 
passing the 3.200-performance mark re- 
cently and edging into sixth place among 
the longest-running musicals. SI 5— $70. 
Mon.-Sat. at 8, Wed. and Sat. at 2. Opened: 
1/26/88. Majestic Theater, 247 W. 44th St. (239- 
6200). 2 hrs. 30 mins. 

Rent — The late Jonathan Larson's reimagining of 
Puccini's La Bokhue as it might be lived by a gag- 
gle of contemporary young and hip types living in 
the East Village. S30-S67. 50. Tues.-Sat. at 8, Sat. at 
2, Sun. at 2 and 7. Nedcrlander Theater, 208 W. 41st 
St. (307-4100). 

Seven Guitars — "Things as they are / Are changed 
upon the blue guitar," wrote Wallace Stevens. No 
one knows that better than playwright August Wil- 
son, whose flashback-laden story of a blues gui- 
tarist's premature death is the latest installment in 
his exploration of the black experience in Ameri- 
ca. $15-S60.Tues.-Sat. at 8, Wed. and Sat. at 2, Sun. 
at 3. Walter Kerr. 2191V 48th St. (239-6200). 

Show Boat — This Show Boat is a dreamboat. (Simon; 
1 0/ 1 7/94.) $41 l-S75.Tues.-Sat. at 8. Wed. and Sat. 
at 2, Sun. at 3. Opened: 1 0/2/94. Gershwin Tliealer. 
222 IV 51st St. (307-4100). 3 hrs. 

Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller — 
They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway, 
and when this show— drawn from the score Jerry 
Leiber and Mike Stoller composed to accompany 
the American baby-boomer childhood experi- 
ence — breezes into New York City, people gonna 
scrape and bow. You don't like crazy music? (We 
keep forgettin'.) Don't feel that way; baby, that is 
rock and roll. A tip, tip, tip, young blood: Buy 
yourself a ticket, sit down in the very first row. 
Have a drink and dig the band. Can't you hear the 
tliigelhorn? Can't you hear the bell? Come to 




reviews 

Ghost Story 



"So we beat on, " wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald, "boats 
against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the 
past. " That point is brought home to Brian 
Murray (above) in a particularly vivid manner in 
the Irish Repertory Theater's revival of Da, ' Hugh 
Leonard's 1978 play about a returning expatriate 
coming to terms with the ghost of his dead father. 

them sickly, they'll make you well. We don't know 
why our heart flips (and, baby, we don't care); we 
only know it does. Heartbreakin' nights, only in 
America. Tues.-Sat. at 8, Wed. and Sat. at 2, Sun. 
at 3. $35-$70.At the Virginia Jltcalre, 245 IV. 52nd 
Si. (239-6200)? Uh-huh'. 2 hrs. 10 mim. 
Sunset Boulevard — "Patti LuPone's Norma Desmond 
w r as a tough gutter sparrow; Glenn Close's — close, 
but no cigar — a cross between the cigar-store In- 
dian and a cathedral gargoyle. Now there is Betty 
Buckley, whose presence appears to have rewrit- 
ten, recast, and redirected the entire show." (Si- 
mon; 8/7/95.) S25-S70. Mon.-Sat. at 8, Wed. and 
Sat. at 2. Opened: 1 1/17/94. MSmkeffTheatre, 200 
W. 45th St. (307-4007). 2 hrs. 30 mitts. 
Victor/Victoria — Reprising her title role in husband 
Blake Edwards's 1982 film.Julie Andrews — return- 
ing to the Broadway stage for the first time since 
the early sixties and Camelot — struts her stuff in 
(the late) Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse's mu- 
sical adaptation of Mr. Edwards's comedy of sexu- 
al manners. With Tony Roberts, Michael Nouri, 
and Rachel York; written and directed by Mr. Ed- 
wards. S20-S75. Tues.-Sat. at 8, Sat. at 2, Sun. at 3. 
Marquis, 1535 Broadway (382-0100). 2 hrs. 45 mins. 

Off Broadway 

Previews and Openings 

Aliens in America — You think your parents didn't un- 
derstand you? Check out Los Angeles writer and 
performer Sandra Tsing Loh's chronicle of growing 



up in Southern California in the context of 
a family background composed of equal 
parts of Chinese and German cultural influ- 
ences. Chopsticks with that sauerbraten, 
anyone? $32.50-$37.50. Tues., Thurs., Fri., 
Sun. at 8, Wed. and Sun. at 7, Sat. at 2, Sun. at 
3. In previews for a 7/18 opening. Second 
Stage, 2162 Bro.idw.iy (873-6103). 
Da— $25. Tues.-Sat. at 8, Sat. and Sun. at 
3. In previews for a 7/18 opening at 7. 
Irish Repertory Tlicatre, 132 II.' 22nd St. 
(727-2737). 

I Love You, You're Perfect . . . Now Change! — A 

musical revue about what seems an amus- 
ingly quaint subject these days, heterosexu- 
al bonding. $45. Mon.-Sat. at 8, Wed. and 
Sat. at 2:30. Beginning previews 7/17 for 
an 8/1 opening. Westside Hteatre, 407 IV. 
43rd St. (307-4100). 

Phaedra — Everett Quinton, doing that 
Everett Quinton thing he does to Euripi- 
des' classic tale of a mom with one bad case 
of ants in the pants for her stepson. (All 
right, that's not exactly what it says in Tlte 
Oxford Guide to Classical Literature, but you 
get the idea.) $20.Thurs.-Sat. at 8, Sun. at 

7. Beginning performances 7/9 for a 7/28 
opening at 7. Theater for the New City, 155 
Erst Ave., at 1 0th St. (307-4100). 

Now Playing 

Blue Man Group: Tubes — Smart silliness, with 
toilet paper, neon-colored paint, cereal, etc. 
Kids love it, and adults can pretend the 
show's an ironic commentary on perfor- 
mance art. $35-$45. Tues., Wed., Thurs. at 

8, Fri, and Sat. at 7 and 10, Sun. at 4 and 7. 
Opened: 11/17/91. Asior Plate Vieatre. 434 
Lafayette St. (254-4370). 
The Boys in the Band — So what if it has a cast 
of characters — The Brave One, The Scared 
One, The Troubled One, etc. — seemingly 
lifted from a forties bomber movie? One 
excuses such roughnesses in the case of 
genuine thematic innovation, and Mart 
Crowley's groundbreaking 1968 script — 
the one that introduced gay culture, anxi- 
eties, and mating rites to mainstream the- 
atrical audiences — is one of the few plays of 
the past 30 years unquestionably entitled to 
that distinction. $35. Mon.-Fri. at 8, Sat. at 
6 and lO.Through 7/28. I I'M Iheatre. 519 
W. 23rd St. (206-0523). 
Cowgirls — What happens when a classical- 
music trio gets booked by mistake into a 
country-music palace and races frantically 

to accommodate its longhair style to a room 
where crewcuts predominate? About what you A 
Night at the Opera fans would imagine, probably. 
Mary Murfitt and Betsy Howie's new musical 
comedv of errors is directed bv Eleanor Reissa. 
$29.50 1 $45. Tues.-Sat. at 8. Sat. at 2:30, Sun. at 3 
and 7. Minolta Lane Tlteatre, 18 Minolta La. (420- 
8000). 

Curtains — The New Group, which has emerged 
within the past year as one of the city's most 
promising Off Broadway companies, continues its 
program of bringing smaller, quality British plays 
to New York with this production of Stephen 
Bill's award-winning drama about euthanasia and 
the moral issues thereof. $45. Mon.-Sat. at 8,Wed. 
and Sat. at 2:30. John Houseman. 450 IV 42nd Si. 
(239-6200). 

The Fantastic ks — The musical perennial diat, happi- 
ly, refuses to go away. $35.Tues.-Fri. at 8, Sat. at 3 
and 7, Sun. at 3 and 7:30. Opened: 5/3/60. Sulli- 
van Si.Vieater. 181 Sullivan St. (674-3838). 
Forbidden Hollywood — Gerard Alessandrini, creator of 
the long-running, often updated Forbidden Broad- 
way, has redirected his irreverently satirical gaze — 
best characterized as a wise-ass smirk with a leav- 
ening dollop of genuine affection — from stage to 
silver screen. $35-$40.Tues.-Fri. at 8, Sat. at 7 and 
10, Sun. at 3 and 7:30. The Triad, 158 W. 72nd St. 
(799-4599). 

Grace and Gloria — Tom Ziegler's Broadway-debut 
play is the story of a tough-minded mountain 
woman (Estelle Parsons) and the Manhattan ca- 
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ing or otherwise, from the ravages of real-estate 
development and its attendant sadnesses. Directed 
by Gloria Muzio. $35-$45. Tues.-Sat. at 7:30. 
Wed.. Sat. and Sun. at 2:30. Laura Pels Tliealre at (fa 
Roundabout, Broadway at 45th St. (719-9393). 

Grandma Sylvia's Funeral — An audience-participation 
comedy akin to Tony 'n'Tina's Wedding, written by 
Glenn Wein and Amy Lord Blumsack. When 
Grandma Sylvia dies, a power struggle ensues 
among family members. $35-$55, which includes 
a mitzvah meal. Opened: 10/9/94. Wed. at 3, 
Wed.-Thurs. at 7:30, Fri. at 8. Sat. at 5 and 9. Sun. 
at 1 and 5. Soho Playhouse (formerly Playhouse on 
Vandam), 15 Vandam St. (691-1555). 

Heavenly Day* — The Greek myth of Amphitryon has 
been retold so many times that Andre Gide gave 
up on the renaming process and simply appended 
a number in the high thirties to his version. John 
Glines's updated restyling of this classic text looks 
at it from a modern gay perspective — not so far 
from the original as you might at first think, actu- 
ally. $25. Wed.-Fri. at 8. Sat. and Sun. at 7. Sun. at 
10. Cm* Street Playhouse, 39 Grow St., south of 
Christopher (924-1 198). 

Jasper in Gramercy Park — An elderly couple find 
themselves mysteriously sustained through the 
trials of "various and multiple lifetimes" by the 
presence of a large bossy dog (and hey, we're 
here to tell you it does happen) in Mary 
Mitchell's new play. $25. Tues.-Sat. at 8, Wed. at 
2, Sun. at 3. Phil Bosakowski Tlteatre, 354 II.' 45th 
St. (598-2385). 

Making Porn — Ronnie Larsen's play about life in the 
gay-porn industry. With Rex Ghandler; directed 
by Mr. Larsen. $25 Tues.-Thurs., $30 Fri.-Sun. 
Tues.-Thurs. at 8. Fri.-Sun. at 7, Sat. at 10. Actors' 
Playhouse, 100 Seventh Ave. South (239-6200). 

Perfect Crime — Warren Manzi's long-running thriller 
about a wealthy psychiatrist accused of murdering 
her husband, and the small-town detective who 
tries to prove she committed the "perfect crime." 
$35. Mon. and Thurs.-Sat. at 8, Sun. at 3 and 7, 
Wed. and Sat. at 2. Opened: 4/5/87. Duffy Theatre, 
1553 Broadway, at 46th St. (695-3401). 

Pick Up Ax — A comedy about the growing pains of 
the personal-computer industry/$20; Thursdays, 
pay what you can.Wed.-Sat. at 8. Through 7/13. 
29th Street Rep., 212 W 29th St. (465-0575). 

Stomp — As the title implies, a loud, aggressive, and 
energetic show in which a troupe of performers 
dances, claps, and generally bangs on everything in 
sight. Featuring buckets, brooms, trash-can lids, 
and, yes, the kitchen sink. More engaging than 
you might expect. S29.5O-$42.50.Tues.-Fri. at 8, 
Sat. at 7 and 10:30, Sun. at 3 and 7. Opened: 
2/27/94. Orpheum, 126 Second Ave., bet. 7th and 
8ih Sis. (307-4100). 

Take It Easy — A new musical that pays affectionate 
honimage to Hollywood's version of forties 
wartime romance. $27.50. Wed.-Sat. at 8, Sat. and 
Sun. at 2. Sun. at 7. Through 7/31. Judith Anderson 
Theatre, 422 W. 42nd St. (307-4100). 

Tony V Tina's Wedding — A wedding at St. John 's Church, 
81 Christopher St., then a reception at 147 Waverly 
PI., with Italian buffet, champagne, and wedding 
cake. Wonderfully tacky — and it's lasted longer than 
a lot of real marriages. $(>0-$75.Tues.-Sun. at 7, Sat. 
and Sun. at 2. Opened: 2/6/88. (279-4200). 

The Trojan Women: A Love Story — This update of Eu- 
ripides' bitterest war play is performed in the ru- 
ins of the East River Park Amphitheatre, near 
FDR Drive and Grand Street — a neat New York 
twist on Peter Brook's European gambit of stag- 
ing the masterpieces of Western drama at sites 
offering a postmodern whiff of decayed classi- 
cism. $25. Tues.-Sun. at 8. Through 7/14. E,ist 
River Park Amphitheatre, FDR Drive .if Grand St. 
(279-6400). 



Off-Off Broadway 

Anything Goes: An Evening of Dorothy Parker — $12. 

7/10-12, 16-19 at 8. Tribeca Lab, 79 Leonard St. 
(966-9371). 

Beyond Therapy — $12. plus two-drink minimum. Fri. 

and Sat. at 8. Through 8/24. Trocadero Cabaret, 368 

Bleecher St. at Charles (330-7607). 
Bipolar Expeditions— $12. Wed.-Sat. at 8. Through 



7/20. Synthttmkity Space, 55 Mercer St. (343- 1 181). 
Bride Stripped Bare — Love, sex, art. money: Add an 
unhappy marriage. $10. 7/10-12. Tltread Waxing 
Space, 476 Broadway, bet. Broome and Grand (334- 
9594). 

Charlie!— $12. Fri. and Sat. at 10:30. HERE, 145 
Sixth Ave., bet. Spring and Broome Sts. (647-0202). 

Duet! A Romantic Fable— $ 1 0. 7/ 1 1-1 3 at 7. Ohio Tlte- 
atre, 66 Wooster St., bet. Sprino and Broome Sts. (560- 
738 7). 

Godspell — $15. Fri. and Sat. at 7:30, Sun. at 5. 
Through 9/1. Oasis Tlteatre, 230 E. 9th St. (673- 
3706). 

In My Father's House— $10-$ 17. Wed.-Sat. at 8. Sat. at 
3, Sun. at 4. Through 7/28. Billie Holiday Theatre, 
1368 Fulton St., Brooklyn (718-636-0918-9). 

Macbeth— $10. Fri.-Mon. at 8. Through 7/15. 
Tribeca Lab, 79 Leonard St., bet. Broadway and 
Church (966-9371). 

Once Upon a Time in the Bronx — $15. Thurs.-Sat. at 8, 
Sun. at 3. Fool's Space, 3 1 1 W. 43rd St. , Eioltth Floor 
(260-0483). 

Piece of Cake — $10, plus two-drink minimum. 

Thurs. at 10, Sat. at 8. Through 7/27. Rose's Turn, 

55 Grow St. (366-5438). 
Premium Bob— SKl.Thurs. at 8. Through 8/15. Work- 

house Theater, 4 1 White St., bet. Broadway and Church 

St. (431-9220). 
Summerfest '96 — $10; $8 for groups often or more. 

Mon.-Sat. at 8. Through 8/21. 42nd Street Collec- 
tive, 432 W. 42nd St. (967- 1481). 
Sweet Sadie— $7/TDF. 7/10, 7/17 at 7:30,7/12-13, 

7/19-20 at 10:30. Dixon Place, 258 Bowery, bet. 

Houston and Prince Sts. (219-3088). 
Tell Me What You Want— $15/TDF. Thurs.-Sat. at 8, 

Sun. at 3 and 7. Through 7/23. Sanford Meisner 

Theater, 164 Eleventh Ave., bet. 22nd and 23rd Sts. 

(206-1764). 

Wedding Pictures— SI 2. Thurs.-Sat. at 8. Sun. at 7. 
Through 7/21. 42nd Street Workshop, 432 II.' 42nd 
St., third floor (695-4173). 

Onstage . 

Sur- pniiusel 

Imagine the consternation — that's one word, but 
perhaps you can think of others — when a man's 
last night of bachelorhood preceding his mar- 
riage to a shrewish virago is taken up with a par- 
ty whose principal feature is a large cake con- 
taining his former gay lover. Kevin Hammonds's 
comedy Piece of Cake features a stripper, many 
humorous double entendres, and inflatable dolls. 
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James Moody. ..Music Under the Bridge 



Concerts 



Macintosh Mew Musk Festival — The city-wide indus- 
try trade show formerly known as the New Mu- 
sic Seminar takes over New York, offering an im- 
pressive array of talent and a requisite army of 
laminate-bearing rock enthusiasts wondering 
whether their pass will comp them. Performances 
are hereafter denoted by an asterisk (*). 

Audio Ballerinas and Electronic Guys — Wearing "audio 
tutus" and "audio evening jackets" equipped with 
digital memory, looping devices, and speakers, the 
German performance-art troupe Audio Gruppe 
creates what promises to be a thoroughly bizarre 
cyber-ballet. 7/10-7/13 at 8 P.M. 77ie Kitchen, 512 
W. 19th St. (255-5793). S15. 

The Chieftains — Ireland's most charming, eloquent 
ambassadors continue to bring traditional Celtic 
music — and phenomenal virtuosity — to the world. 
7/1 1 at 8 VM.Joncs Beach, IVantagh {301-1111). S32. 

"Classic and Cool on the Hudson" — A summerlong se- 
ries of concerts showcasing talent from around the 
globe. Dancing is encouraged. 7/10: The all-fe- 
male Kit McClure Big Band. Shows at 7 P.M. 
World Financial Cettter, 200 Liberty St. Free. 

Johnny Clegg and Jaluka — Having defied prosecution 
while exploring traditional Zulu music during the 
apartheid era, South Africa's premier crossover pop 
artist invades Central Park with Mahlathini and 
the Mahotella Queens on 7/14 at 3 p.m. Summer- 
Stage, Central Park at 12nd St. Free. 

The Musk of Ella Fitzgerald — The recently departed 
queen of scat gets her due from well-wishers and 
old friends, including Karrin Allyson, Ernestine 
Anderson, Ray Brown, Ruth Brown. Ann Hamr 
ton Calloway, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Lione 
Hampton, Shirley Horn, and Clark Terrv. 
7/9-7/10 at 7:30 P.M. Carnegie Hall, 
51th St. between Sixth and Seventh 
Aves. (241-1800). $18-$10. 

Kraft Country Tour — With Lorrie Mor- 
gan, Pam Tillis, and Carlene Carter. 
7/11 at 6 P.M. SitnnherStage, Central ' 
Park at 12nd St. (301-1111). S15. 

Bill La swell — -(/fcir-producer of such 
eclectic clientele as Mick Jagger .uul , 
Afrika Bambaata, and exceptionally v 
groovy bass player behind some of 
the weirder post-punk and early hip 
hop outings of tne eighties, 
brings his avant-funk to 
fronting a horde of former 
proteges and colleagues, in- 
cluding proto-rap outfit Last 
Poets and ex-Public Image 
Ltd. collaborator Jah Wobble. 
7/13 at 3 p.m. SummerStage, 
Central Park at 12nd St. Free. 

Midsummer Night Swing — A 
monthlong event offering in- 
structional ballroom danc- 
ing under the stars in the 
Lincoln Center courtyard. «i 
Swing, salsa, merengue, 
cajun, and polka with many 
of the masters that were there 
the first time around. 7/10: 
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. 
7/11: Johnny Gimble with Bill 
Kirchen and Too Much Fun 
7/12: Ray Sepulveda; Oro Soli- 
do. 7/13: Loren Schoenberg Big 
Band featuring Barbara Lea. Foun 



tain plaza at Lincoln (Center, Broadway and 63rd St. 
(875-5 1 02). $8. 

Ryoko Moriyama — Famed crooner from Japan. 7/12 
at 8 P.M. Carnegie Hall, 51th St. between Sixth and 
Seventh Aves. (241-1800). S10-S50. 

Chart! PersipTrio — Part of the eight- week-long Harlem 
Meer Performance Festival. 7/ 1 3 at 2 p.m. Dana Dis- 
covery Center PtaZit, ('entral Park at 1 10th St. Fnv. 

Red Clay Ramblers — Part of the Celebrate Brooklyn 
Festival at the Prospect Park Bandshell. 7/12 at 7 
P.M. Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Free. 

RE0 Speedwagon; Foreigner — 7/13 at 7:30 P.M. Jones 
Beach, Wantagh (301-1111). 132. 

Smashing Pumpkins; Garbage — Having redeemed their 
street credibility with a string of pseudonymous 
gigs in small clubs around the country, the good 
eggs of alternative rock are back in the arena, play- 
ing songs from their sprawling, double-album opus. 
Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Interestingly, 
they're joined by Garbage, whose drummer-pro- 
ducer. Butch Vig, helped craft the sonic signatures 
of both Pumpkins head Billy Corgan and Kurt 
Cobain. Thanks to the sloe-eyed presence and 
obliquely provocative lyrics of singer Shirley Man- 
son, Garbage has already outshone Vig's rep and 
made good as a distinctive voice in the post-grunge 
generation. 7/14 at 8 P.M. Continental Airlines Arena, 
East Rutherford, N.J. (301-1111). S21.50. 

Styx; Ka nsas 7/14 at 7:30 P.M. Jones Beach, Wantagh 
(301-1111). $32. 

The Subdudes — Part of the Celebrate Brooklyn Fes- 
tival at the Prospect Park Bandshell. 7/13 at 7 P.M. 
Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Free. 

Donna Summer — 7/12 at 8 P.M. ]ones Beach, Wantagh 
(301-1111). $32. 



Ground Rules: 

In clubland, promptness is not next to godliness; ex- 
pect shows to start much later than promised. $ = 
cash only. 

Charlie Watts — On the heels of his recent effort Long 
Ago and Far Away, the Rolling Stones' perennial 
straight man (and perhaps the only drummer in the 
history of rock and roll to categorically refuse to hit 
the high hat and snare drum at the same time), 
Charlie Watts is back on the solo stage, with a quin- 
tet in tow. Judging by the album, and Watts's 1 99 1 
solo outing, the ballad-heavy IVarm and lender, it 
should be a sentimental evening. 7/11 at 7:30 p.m., 
77ic Supper Club, 240W. 41th St. (301-1111). $50. 



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Bottom Line — A top-notch venue — with great 
sound, good sight lines, and pretty decent fries — 
given to rock, jazz, and folk artists of all stripes. 
7/12: Holy Modal Rounders, featuring Peter 
Stampfel and Steve Weber; Austin Lounge Lizards. 
7/1 6:Jann Arden; Billy Mann; Patty Griffin. 15 W. 
4th St. (228-1880). 
Brownie's — Avenue A's divey post-college rock 
spot, with good tap beers, on-the-risc bands, and 
the occasional big name trying to keep a low 
profile. 7/9: Gigolo Aunts; Juicy; Barstool 
Prophets. 7/10: Felonius Punk; Spitball. 7/11: 
Curt Smith, half of Tears for Fears, and his new 
outfit, Mayfield. 7/14: *The Wives; Shiva Speed- 
way; Cold Cold Hearts. 7/15: *The Wrens; Var- 
naline; Punchdrunk. Shows nightly at 9. 169 Ave. 
A, at I hit St. (420-8392). $. 
Chkago B.L.U.E.S. — A downtown blueserie. comfort- 
lbly down-home, with living-room couches be- 
lind the stage. 7/12: Roomful of Blues. 7/13: 
ames Cotton. 13 Eighth Ave. , bet. 13th and 14th Sts. 
(924-9755). $. 
Coney Island High — St. Marks, not Coney 
M ind, but still thrills and spills a plenty, 
with seedy outer-borough ambience 
anil bands picked by Jesse Malin. lead 
singer of local punk-preservationists D 
Generation. Every other Saturday night 
belongs to the famed trash-rock party 
"Green Door NYC." 7/13: Dash Rip 
Rock. 15 St. Marks PI. (415-9126). 
The Cooler — The meat-packing district's 
subterranean steel-corridoreu home to 
alternative rockers, avant-garde- 
). jazz musicians, and mind-ex- 
panding D.J.'s. 7/11: Primordial 
Source. 7/12: Pucho and the 
Latin Soul Brothers; Primordial 
Source. 7/14: *Ear; Sonic Boom; 
Bardo Pond; Reservoir; Shallow. 



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Pink Floyd had the pyramids; Yanni had the acropolis; here in New York, we've got ... the 
Brooklyn Bridge. Though a thoroughly familiar sight to commuters, this underappreciated bit 
of municipal history actually presents one of the most breathtaking concert spaces in the tri- 
state region: vaulted 50-foot ceilings, eight cavernous chambers — a chilly, baroque marvel of ma- 
sonry and steel whose booming acoustics rival those of that other magnificent public concert hall, 
Grand Central station. This week, Music in the Anchorage seizes these theatrical possibilities by 
showcasing artists for whom ambience is, rf not everything, at least a major aesthetic value. The 
nine-night series begins with the stars of weekly DJ. salon Sound lab, including D J.'s Spooky, Olive, 
and Sou I slinger, who will use all eight chambers of this space for their aural canvas. On July 17, Trans 
Am and Ui — cultish instrumental bands often designated "post-rock" and hence confined to cozy, 
hipsters-only basements — will enjoy the tremendous sonic vacuum. And on Jury 18, industrial-rock 
stars Foetus will be preceded by the wonderful downtown trio Spanish Fly, whose spare, gestural im- 
provisations should turn the Anchorage into a secular mosque to jazz, folk, and blues. Though every 
night offers all manner of audio and visual extravaganzas, one remaining highlight is particularly apt 
the U.S. debut of the British artist Scanner, who uses a police-style radio scanner to mix live cellu- 
lar-phone conversations and other bits of audio jetsam into a sound scape truly reflective of its envi- 
ronment We just hope the girders don't hurt reception. Chris Morris 



7/15: *Lazy Boy; Dave Tronzo; Douce Gimlet. 
41 6 U' 14th St. (229-0785). 

Fez — Mingus fever and lush /iin.v-Moroccan ambi- 
ence make this the neo-boho place to be on 
Thursdays, when the mighty Mingus Big Band 
rocks the house. 7/15: *Rasputina; Candy Butch- 
ers. Time Cafe, 380 Lafayette St. (533-2680). 

Irving Plaza — Recently relieved of his Lollapalooza 
obligations, the always enterprising Perry Farrell 
hauls out his Porno for Pyros in support of the 
recently released Good Cod's ( V^c. Those nostal- 

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ossible guest appearances by Minutemen/fire- 
ose alumnus Mike Watt and ex-Janes Addic- 
tion guitar wizard— cum-Chili Pepper Dave 
Navarro, both of whom appear on the album. 
They play 7/10-7/11 with this year's most 
pleasant surprise, Japanese hip-hop wun- 
derkinder Cibo Matto. 7/13-7/14: *Bogmen: 
Rake's Progress. 7/15: *Post-punk mesomorph 
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7/16: *Soul Coughing; Trans Am; Grassy Knoll. 
7/17: *Superdrag;Ash. 17 Irving PI. (777-6800). 

Knitting Factory — Along %vith his countryman Derek 
Bailey, Fred Frith stands as one of the most engag- 
ingly quirky champions of guitar improvisation, 
from his work in the early seventies rock/ 
jazz/new-music/medieval-chamber-music band 
Henry Cow to his more recent exploits with the 
likes of Bill Laswell.John Zorn, and the Golden 
Palominos. He performs solo on 7/11 and with 
his guitar quartet 7/14: *Arto Lindsay; Ui. 7/15: 
*Dannv Gottlieb. 74 Leonard St., bet. Broadway dint 
Church St. (219-30551 

Manny's Car Wash — A little Chicago on the Upper East 
Side. Mondays, beware salivating yuppie swells here 
for Ladies Night. Every Sunday, it's Manny's World 
Famous Blues Jam. tS58ThUAve. (369-BLUE). 

Maxwell's — Hoboken's indie-rock central or CBGB 
West, the site of many of rock's recent groundswells. 
7/13: The West Coast songwriter sensation Peter 
Droge, he of the delightful tune "IfYou Don't Love 
Me (I'll Kill Myself). ' brings out his new band the 
Sinners, plaving songs from their record hind a 
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The Supper Club — A large, grand ballroom with a 
starry ceiling and challenging acoustics. Friday and 
Saturday nights, the fourteen-piece Stan Rubin 
Orchestra plays classics from the swing era for, as 
they say, your dancing enjoyment. 7/11: Charlie 
Watts. 7/ 1 2-7/ 1 3: Lionel Hampton and his seven- 
teen-piece orchestra. 2401V 47ih St. (921-1940). 

Tramps — One of the city's better venues for great 
roots music and happening indie rock.Tramps es- 
chews high concept for straightforward presenta- 
tion. 7/9: Squirrel Nut Zippers. 7/10: Average 
White Band. 7/11: Subdudes. 7/12-7/13: Old- 
school funk from somewhat diminished seventies 
giants Kool and the Gang and the Gap Band. 
7/14: *Toni Childs. 7/15: *Gov't Mule; Scud 
Mountain Bovs; Hot Water Music; Hookers. 7/18: 
*The Pharcyde. 51 IV 21st Sr. (727-7788). 

Wetlands — A groovy club-kid activist hang with neo- 
hippie atmosphere and far-flung musical guests. 
N.B.Tuesday night is (Grateful) Dead Night. 7/14: 
*Napalm Death. 7/15: *The theatrical and super- 
sonically facile avant-guitar phenom Buckethead. 
161 Hudson St. (966-5244). 




Jazz 



Talent 

Funk Verite 

Downtown brainiacs Soul Coughing (July 16, 
Irving Plaza) proffer loose-limbed grooves, 
passing-car-radio noise, and neurotic post-Beat 
prosody — the perfect soundtrack to a New York 
summer. 



die-rock troubadour and — as gossip pages have it — 
a would-be Courtney Love assassinatee, Mary Lou 
Lord dispels scenester dirt and nuggets of wisdom 
with Elliot Smith and Danielle Howie. 1039 Wash- 
ington St., Hoboken, \.J. (201-798-4064). 

Mercury Lounge — Once a headstone parlor, now one 
of the city's hippest and most congenial music 
spots, frequently hosting rock and country artists 
groomed for the more au courant time slots of 
MTV. 7/11: Go to Blazes; Disappear Fear. 7/14: 
*Elysian Fields; Coyotes; Fuzzbutible. 7/15: *Steve 
Wyim; Come. 217 E. Houston St. (260-4700). 

Paddy Reilly's — The home of the rollicking hip-hop- 
accented Irish band Black 47 on Saturdays and the 
punkishly feisty Rogue's March on Sundays. 5/9 
Second Ave., at 29th St. (686-1210). 

Rodeo Bar — A surprisingly untacky honky-tonk in 
Kips Bay — with gas-station signs, mounted long- 
horns, and peanuts in the shells. 7/9: The Carpet- 
baggers. .17.5 Third Ave. at 27th St. (683-6500). 

Sidewalk Cafe — The back-room Fort is the latest 
home to New York's "anti-folk" scene, featuring 
impassioned, oft-wacky guitar- and poesy-wield- 
ing artists, with the occasional Beat refugee. 94 
Ave. A (473-7373). 

Sounds of Brazil — The city's premier world-music 
venue, presenting many acts that could fill stadia 
back home. 7/9: Frankie Jackson's Soul Kitchen. 
7/10: The Itals. 7/12: Calypso star David Rud- 
der and Charlie Roots. 7/14: *King Chango; 
Bohemia Suburbiana. 7/15: *Cubalibre; Cuban 
percussionist Wicly. Every Saturday is "African 
Night in New York." Shows nightly. 204 Varick 
St. (243-4940) 



Blrdland — A comfy, two-tiered restau- 
rant with huge bay windows, late- 
fifties jazz paintings, and striking 
lights. 7/12: Cecil Payne Quintet. 
7/13: Sugar Hill Jazz Quartet featur- 
ing Ghanniyya Green. 2745 Broadway, 
at 105th St. (749-2228). 
Blue Note— 7/9-7/14: Chuck Man- 
gione. 7/16-7/21: Of all the distin- 
guished seniors in Lionel Hampton's 
current big band, none seems so full of 
youthful vigor as tenor saxophonist 
James Moody, a jubilantly swinging, 
rhapsodically singing rascal. Of course, 
Moody's 71 years do make him the ju- 
nior in that crew, but even on his own, 
the multi-hornist seems to have 
weathered the years since cutting the 
classic "Moody's Mood for Love" with 
his sanguine outlook remarkably un- 
touched. Such is the vigor of Moody's 
new Young at Heart, on which he plays 
songs of that hard-bitten romantic 
Frank Sinatra. Its big-band and orches- 
tral settings recall both Gil Evans and 
Nelson Riddle and the witty phrasing 
and exuberant melodicism of its cen- 
tral figure are vintage Moody, circa 
now. Sets at 9 and 1 1 :30. 13 1 W. 3rd St. 
(475-8592). 

Bradley's — Jazz's secret garden and, at 25 years, sec- 
ond only to the Village Vanguard for longevity. It's 
an intimate, dark-paneled restaurant into which 
some of the city's best jazz musicians creep after 
hours. 7/8-7/13: Joanne Brackeen and Cecil 
McBce. Sets at 10, midnight, and 2 A.M. 70 Uni- 
versity PI., at I Ith St. (473-9700). 

Iridium Room — The globe-trotting pianist Rodney 
Kendrick, playing with a rugged, rootsy style rem- 
iniscent ot the late Don Pullen, continues to blend 
West African rhythms, jazz improvisation, and a 
stellar collection of sideman — including, on his 
most recent record. Last Chance for Common Sense, 
avant-saxophone giant Dewey Redman. Kendrick 
leads a Sextet here 7/9-7/ 14, sharing the bill with 
the wonderful singer Kevin Mahogany, who 
played Big Joe Turner in Robert Airman's new pe- 
riod piece Kansas City. 71 16-7/21 Tommy Flana- 
gan Trio. The great guitar innovator Les Paul has 
moved his Monday-night office hours here after 
the closing of his longtime haunt. Fat Tuesday's. 
Sets at 8:30 and 10:30, Sun.-Thurs., with extra 
midnight set Fri. and Sat. 44 H' 63rd St. , across from 
Lincoln Center (582-2121). 

Knickerbocker Bar & Grill — A wood-paneled and brass- 
railed restaurant with Old New York ambience 
and excellent — occasionally legendary — pianists. 
7/10-7/13: Pianist Steve Kuhn, bassist David Finck. 
and drummer Joev Baron. Everv Sunday in July, it's 
vocalist Phoebe Legere. 33 I 'niversity PI. (228-8490). 

Small's — Extremely cozy and open all night, offering 
after-hours jazz until 8 a.m. It's a candlelit base- 
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A.M. — the perfect time for a post-Village Van- 
guard visit (it's right around the corner) — and of- 
ten involve free beverages and food.Thurs.-Sun., 
shows start at 10. 183 W. 10th St. (929-7565). t. 

Sweet Basil — An intimate downtown restaurant with 
good food and high-profile jazz acts. 7/9-7/14: 
Bruce Barth Quartet. Every Sunday, Doc 
Cheatham plays from 2 to 6. Every Monday, it's 
the Spirit of Life Ensemble. Sets at 9 and 11, with 
extra sets Fri. and Sat. at 12:30 A.M. 88 Seventh 
Ave. So. , at Bleecker St. (242- 1 785). 

Tavern on the Green — A somewhat overwrought 
restaurant in a touristy Central Park rest stop, the 
Tavern's Chestnut Room is still a top-flight jazz 
club — with excellent sound and a full roster of 
stars. Wednesday nights, the cover's a scant five 
bucks. 7/9-7/14: Catskills comedian Dick Capri. 
Cental Park at W 67th St. (873-5200). 

Wage Vanguard — Perhaps the world's greatest jazz club, 
and certainly the most steeped in history, this dark, 
smoky institution is revered by fans around the 
world. Mondays, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra swings 
on. 7/9-7/14: New-jack jazz diva Jeanie Bryson 
with Red Holloway. 7/16-7/21: Wessell Anderson 
Quartet. Sets at 9:30 and 1 1:30 p.m. and 1 a.m. 178 
Seventh Ave. So., at W. 1 1th St. (255-4037). t- 

Visiones — Spanish food and avant-ish jazz guests, 
along with some funkified post-boppers. 7/10: 
Lynne Arriale Trio. 7/12-7/13: Sam Newsome 
and Motric Development. Late-night jams hap- 
pen Thursdays. Every Monday, Gil Evans protegee 
and composer Maria Schneider leads her excel- 
lent seventeen-piece orchestra at 9 and 1 1 . Every 
Sunday, it's the Gust. W. Tsilis Quintet. Sets at 9 
and 1 1 , with extra show Fri. and Sat. at 1 A.M. 125 
Macdouoal St. (673-5576). 



Comedy 



Boston Comedy Club — Animal House ambience and, 
most nights, comedy to match. Wednesdays, Risa 
Barash hosts Women of Comedy Nights at 9:30. 
82 W. 3rd St. (477-1000). 

Caroline's Comedy Club — In Times Square just down 
the street from the Letterman show.Through 6/30: 
Dom Irrera. 7/9: New York Comedy Nights. 
7/12-7/14: Norm McDonald. 1626 Broadway, bet. 
49th and 50th Sis. (757-4100). 

Catch a Rising Star — Recently reborn, this variety 
showplace now smells of big money. Visitors to 
the Catch Bar & Grill will view "The Loft," a 
stage set as an N.Y.C. apartment, where stand-up, 
sketch, and alternative comedians — along with 
musicians, cabaret artists, and others — will per- 
form. Shows Tues.-Thurs. at 8:30 p.m.; Fri. and 
Sat. at 8:30 and 1 1 P.M. 253 West 28th St., bet. Sev- 
enth and Eighth Aivs. (244-3005). 

Comedy Cellar — A physical throwback to sixties Village 
coffeehouses, this is the late-night subterranean 
haunt of many of the city's top comics. Through 
7/14: Greeg Barnes; Dave Attell; Greg Fitzsim- 
mons; Greg Giraldo; William Stephenson. Shows 
Fri. 9 and 1 1 p.m.. Sat. 9 and 10:45 p.m. and 12:30 
A.M., Sun. 9 p.m. 117 MacDougal St. (254-3480). 

Dangerfield's — Founded by the respect-deprived co- 
median two decades ago, this Vegas-style lounge is 
one of the city's oldest comedy establishments. 
7/8—7/14: Nancy Redman; Brian McFadden; 
John Rizzo; Ben Creed; Billy Jaye; Gregory Carey. 
1118 First Ave., bet. 61st and 62nd Sis. (593-1650). 

Gotham — An elegant, trendy, and, at 3,300 square 
feet, palatial new comedy spot in the Flatiron 
district. 7/12-7/13: Linda Smith; DC Benny; 
Dave Attell. Sun., Mon., and Tues. at 8:30 P.M.; 
Thurs. at 8:30 and 1 1 p.m.; Fri. at 9 and 1 1:30 
P.M.; Sat. at 8 and 10 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. Cover 
is $12 plus two-drink minimum Fri.-Sat., $8 on 
weeknights. 34 W. 22nd St. (367-9000). 

Luna Lounge — Mondays, it's "The Show Formerly 
Known As Rebar," where hip, alternative-minded 
comedians from MTV's Tlte State and elsewhere 
try out their riskier, stranger material. Shows at 8. 
171 Ludlow St., at Houston St. (260-2323). 

New York Comedy Club— Every Friday, the NYCC 
presents "New York's Best African-American and 
Latino Comics." Every Wed. and Thurs., there's 
sketch comedy at 7 P.M. Shows Mon.-Fri. at 9, 
with extra shows Fri. at 7 and 11; Sat. at 6, 7:30, 
9:30, and 1 1 :45. 24 1 E. 24th St. (696-5233). 



Stand-up New York — Robin Williams is known to 
drop by here unannounced to warm up for his 
Letterman appearances. 7/t 1-7/13: Dave Attell; 
Linda Smith; Gregg Rogelle; Al Lubell. 
Sun -Thurs. at 9; Fri. at 9 and 1 1 :30; Sat. at 7:30, 
9:30, and 11:30. 236 W. 78th St. (595-0850). 



Cabaret 



an Hotel — With each return engagement — this 
is his third — the smooth young romantic crooner 
Phillip Officer seems more at home in this distin- 
guished and intimate venue. His current offering is 
a show tided "Going My Way," a tribute to simpatico 
noodler Bing Crosby. Through 7/27.Tues.-Sat. at 9 
(dinner at 7); Fri.-Sat. also at 11:30 (supper at 
10:30). $30; $15 minimum. 59 W. 44th St. (840- 
6800). 

Arcimbotdo — On Sunday evenings, this stylish tratto- 
ria in the U.N. neighborhood offers "Opera With 
Taste," a series of programs featuring selected arias 
performed by a rotating ensemble of up-and- 
coming young stars from die Metropolitan Opera, 
at 7 and 8:30.The prix fixe dinner menu (searings 
at 6:15 and 7:45) is $40; no music charge. 220 E. 
46th St. (972-4646). 

Asti — Singing-waiter frolics with an emphasis on 
opera and operetta (frequently shoulder to shoulder 
and bolder and bolder) are the keynote of this Vil- 
lage landmark. No music charge. 13 E. 12th St. 
(741-9105). 

Bemeknans Bar — Through 8/10: Barbara Carroll. 
Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9:30 to 1:30. 
$10 music charge; no minimum. C.arlylc Hotel, 
Madison Ave. at 16th St. (744-1600). 

Cafe Pierre — Dancing on Thursday, Friday, and Satur- 
day evenings from 9 to 1 , backed up by the roman- 
tic stylings of singer-pianist Kathleen Landis and her 
trio. $10; jacket and tie required. 2 E. 61st St. (940- 
8185). 

Oaire^-Jazz vocalist David Downing. Thurs. and 
Sun. at 9, Fri. and Sat. at 9:30, Sun. at 1 . No cover, 
no minimum. 1 56 Seventh Ave. (255-1955). 

F. ilN Ponte — Pianist-singer David Raleigh rocking 
the room at the newly renamed BeCa (Below 
Canal) Bar with his group, the Little Big Band. 
Wed.-Sat. from 8 to 1 . No cover, no minimum. 39 
Debrosses St. (226-4621). 

Ibis — This Mediterranean-flavored supper club, 
popular in the early eighties, has recently re- 
opened with a variety show incorporating song, 
dance, magic acts, and — what else? — belly danc- 
ing. Tues.-Sat. at 8:30, Sun. at 8. Dinner and per- 
formance, $45. Performance only: $15 with a $20 
minimum Tues.-Thurs., $20 with a $20 minimum 
Fri.-Sat. 327 W. 44th St. (262- 1111). 

Michael's Pub — Woody Allen tooted his last clarinet 
line at the old Michael's on East 55th Street. The 
cabaret has now moved across town to the Parker 
Meridien Hotel, trading saloon ambience for that of 
a Parisian Rive Gauche salon in the thirties. Allen's 
New Orleans Funeral & Ragtime Orchestra should 
be quite at home.They play, as always, Mon. at 8:45 
and 11. $35 minimum. Rtr Montparnasse, Parker 
Meridien Hotel, 1 18 W 57th St. (758-2272). 

Rainbow and Stars — Through 7/20, Sam Harris and 
Laurie Beechman join forces for an evening of 
standards from Irving Berlin, Noel Coward, and 
the contemporary Broadway scene. $40 cover. 
Tues.-Sat. at 8:30 and 1 1 ; dinner required at early 
shows. Just down the hall, the Rainbow Room's 
"Hot Fun in the Summertime" series presents, for 
your dancing pleasure, the jazz ensemble Manhat- 
tan Latins and the new Rainbow Room Big 
Dance Band on alternate evenings.Tues.-Sat.from 
7:30 P.M. to 1 a.m. $20 music charge; an a la carte 
dinner menu is offered from 7:30, and supper is 
served from 10:30 Tues.— Thurs. and from 11:30 
Fri. and Sat. 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65th floor (632- 
5000). 

Sardi V— The Joe Traina Quintet is in the second year 
of its wildly successful Friday-evening engagement 
in the Club Room here, playing jazz, swing, and 
show tunes with various guest vocalists at 10:30. (A 
CD of recordings from the series was recendy issued 
and is well worth your notice.) This week, Rebecca 
Holt (Hmv (D Succeed in Business Without Really Try- 
ino) sings the songs of Richard Rodgers. No cover; 
no minimum. 234 W. 44th St. (22 1-8444). 



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Baluchi's — Indian fare served in a cozy, comfortable 
atmosphere in the center of SoHo. Have a seat on 
a patchwork chair amid fantastic imported trea- 
sures. 193 Spring St., bet. Thompson ami Sullivan 
Sts. (226-2828).AIso, 1565 Second Ave., nr. 81st Si. 
(288-4810). (M)AE, MC, V. 

Chanterelle — Spare and elegant, virtually religious, 
this TriBeCa restaurant is a favorite among those 
who want a Big Deal. Chef David Waltuck runs a 
grand kitchen — seafood sausage, cold fruit soups, 
and anything he does with truffles in season. Wife 
Karen runs the front room with class and 
warmth. 2 Harrison St., at Hudson St. (966-6960). 
(E)AE,DC,DS,MC,V. 

The Cub Room — Fighting back from the scorching 
bar scene his restaurant became last summer, 
chef-owner Henry Meer (from Lutece) — doing 
penance for the butter and cream of the past — is 
dishing up contemporary American fare to an 
impossibly diverse crowd. Yes, that was Ethan 
Hawke. lit Sullivan St., at Prince St. (677-4100). 
(M)AEonly. 

Hudson River Club — From this Frank Lloyd 
Wright-ish dining room in the World Financial 
Center, you can see the Statue of Liberty. But then, 
the Hudson River figures prominently so many 
ways here. Chef Waldy Malouf uses farmers and 
their produce from along the Hudson River valley 
to reinvent traditional American fare. 4 World Fi- 
nancial Center (786- 1500). (E)AE, DS, MC, V. 

L'Ecole — This modern French bistro is unique in 
that its chefs are students from the French Culi- 
nary Institute. Special three- and five-course 
menus are available, so come with either an emp- 
ty stomach or a doggie bag. Private parties. 
Closed Sundays. 462 Broadway, at Grand St. (219- 
3300). (M) AE, DC, MC, TM, V. 

Le Pescadou — This innovative Provencal bistro 
serves fresh seafood enhanced by a variety of in- 
fused oils. Oyster fans will find a wide variety of 
fresh ones. 18 King St., at Sixth Ave. (924-3434). 
(M)AE,MC,TM,V. 

Montrachet — Owner Drew Nieporent now has five 
places in New York, including Nobu, Layla.Tri- 
Bakery and Tribeca Grill, and another in San 
Francisco. But this is his baby — attractive, lively, 
and one of the first truly great restaurants in low- 
er Manhattan. There's lunch on Fridays — try the 
Roquefort-and-pear salad — and dinner Monday 
through Saturday. 239 W. Broadway, nr. White St. 
(2 1 9-2777). (E) AE only. 

Ground Rules: 

Here lie a few hundred of the city's more noteworthy 
restaurants, some Hew York advertisers among them. 
The price guide, admittedly imperfect, is as follows: 
(E) = expensive, $35 and over per place; (M) = mod- 
erate. Si 5-$ 30 per place; (II = inexpensive, $15 and 
under per place. 

Following each listing there is also a code indicating 
acceptable methods of payment: ($| = cash only, AE 
■ American Express, CB = Carte Blanche, DC = Din- 
ers Club, DS = Discover, M = MasterCard, TM = 
Transmedia, V = Visa. "AE only" Indicates that Amer- 
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Hie four sisters who opened Tsampa last week all have solid restaurant experience — one even did time 
at McDonald's, reason enough for opening a Tibetan health-food restaurant. Named for the Tibetan sta- 
ple of roasted, ground barley, Tsampa is a family business, a bittersweet achievement given the family 
circumstances. Their father, who left Tibet after the Chinese invasion, is still a refugee in India, and their 
mother succumbed to cancer, which explains the menu's holistic bent— organic produce, free-range 
poultry, and a surfeit of tofu in place of red meat. But the gingery udon noodles, broiled fish, curried 
chicken, and zesty dumplings, called momos, don't suffer at all from killjoy macrobiotic austerity. Per- 
haps in deference to its neighbors on this strip of the East Village's Little Tokyo, Tsampa also offers 
teriyaki and a roster of norimaki rolls. (212 East 9th Street.) 



Provence — Lots of people have got engaged in the 
charming garden at this authentic country French 
restaurant; even more have sampled the bourride, 
bouillabaisse, and bass flambe. If you can't actually 
make it to the Cote d'Azur, this is the next best 
thing. 38 Macdougal St. (475-7500). (M-E)AE. 

SoHo Kitchen and Bar — Grape nuts celebrate the 96- 
spigot Cruvinet, ordering flights of Cabernets or 
seven PinofNoirs to taste and compare, but SoHo 
neighbors love it, too — for all those beers on tap, 



for the thin-crust pizza, for a glance at the game 
on the TV overhead. 103 Greene Street., nr. Prince 
St. (925-1866). (I) AE, CB, DC, MC, V. 

Tennessee Mountain — An 1807 landmark farmhouse, 
this BBQ joint serves up chicken and ribs that you're 
not likely to forget. Bring those breath mines and 
Handi- Wipes for all-you-can-eat on Monday night. 
143 Spring St. (43 1-3993). (M)AE, MQTM, V 

Tribeca GiW — Though this spacious, brick-walled 
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execs (and movie stars) in offices upstairs, the cre- 
ative American cuisine and lively bar scene make 
it a popular downtown destination. 375 Greenwich 
St., at Franklin St. (941-3900). (E)AE, DC, MC, V. 

Below 14th Street. Hast 

Gotham Bar & Grill — Alfred Portale's kitchen, with its 
architectural ingenuity and whimsical creativity, 
serves as a finishing school for the city's all-star 
chefs before they launch their own careers. 12 E. 
\2th St. (620-4020). (M) AE, CB, DC, DS, MC, V. 

Havel — Haveli distinguishes itself from the Sixth 
Street strip, for its food as much as its upscale decor. 
Possibly the only East Village restaurant with an in- 
tentionally shattered windowpane. 100 Second Ave., 
nr. 6th St. (982-0533). (F-M)AE, CB. DC, MC, V. 

Below 14th Street, West 

Boxers — A lively neighborhood American bistro on 
a heavily trafficked corner of Sheridan Square. The 
giddy bar scene brings them in, and the high-spir- 
ited frenzy and good food keep them coming 
back. 190 W. 4th St. (633-bark). (I)AE, CB, DC, 
DS,MC,TM,V. 

Da Silvano — Trattoria with tables out front converts 
this thoroughfare into a people promenade. Great 
food and views of the local color. Yes, that was An- 
na Wintour. 260 Sixth Ave., nr. Bleaker St. (982- 
2343).(M)AE,MC,V. 

0 Charro Espanof — Heaps of thoughtfully prepared 
authentic Spanish cooking. Do yourself a favor 
and sample the hearty paella and the house San- 
gria. A sleeper worth getting in on. 4 Charles St., 
nr. Seventh Ave. (242-9541). (M)AE, CB, MC, V. 

Greenwich Cafe — Open around the clock with a menu 
that crosses every border. Try the veal couscous and 
the Mediterranean antipasto plate. 75 Greenwich 
Ave. (255-54H9). (F-M)AE, DC, DS, MC, V. 

Rincon de Espana — Spanish restaurant offering excel- 
lent paella and seafood; very small and intimate. 
226 Tliompson St. (475-9891/260). (I) AE, CB, 
DC, DS, MC, V. 

Rose Cafe — This quiet and casual American bistro 
draws a diverse crowd. One of the only places 
where you can go and sit on Fifth Avenue and not 
break the bank. 24 Fifth Ave., at 9th St. (260- 
4118).(M)AE,DS,MC,V. 

Tio Pepe — A reliably festive spot for classic Mexi- 
can and Spanish fare, from tapas to paella Valen- 



ciana, with an enclosed sidewalk cafe and skylit 
garden room. 168 W. 4tit St. (242-9338). (1-M) 
AE, DC, MC, V. 

Villa Moscoiii — Peter Mosconi and his brood offer a 
menu as reliable as traditional Italian home cook- 
ing. Find this old-world anachronism in the heart 
of Greenwich Village. 69 MocDougal St. (673- 
0390). (M)AE, DS, MC, V. 

Ye Waveriy Inn — This shrine to Colonial times offers 
American standards like chicken potpie, baked 
peasant meatloaf, Indian pudding, and hot mulled 
wine. The room in the landmark building, dated 
to 1844, has three working fireplaces, and is deco- 
rated, in true Laura Ashley fashion, with lace cur- 
tains and floral wallpaper. 16 Bank St. (929-4377). 
(M)AE,DC,DS,MC,V 

1 4th— 42*4 Streets, East Side 

Bambou — The new, fancified reincarnation of 
Daphne's Hibiscus is a relaxing, tropical backdrop 
for the ambitious cooking of chef Herb Wilson. 
Sample his nouvelle Caribbean cuisine, like ackee- 
and-calalloo tart with scotch bonnet-and-tomato 
salsa, or coconut-curry lobster with banana-lentil 
salad. 243 E. 14th St. (358-0012). (M)AE, MC, V 

Bobby O's City Bites — Patrick Swayze's second restau- 
rant (with partner Bobby Ochs) specializes in ca- 
sual American fare like steak, sandwiches, pizzas, 
and soup. The laid-back atmosphere and affordable 
food draw a young neighborhood crowd that 
mingles and eats surrounded by enormous photos 
of celebrities taking — you guessed it — big bites. 
56*0 Third Ave., at 37th St. (681-0400). (1-M) AE, 
CB, DC, MC, TM, V. 

Boh) — There's nothing discreet about Uobby Flays 
neo-Spanish cooking. In a room that reminds you 
of Gaudi by way of Pee-wee Herman, Flay turns 
out fiery, bold dishes like baby clams in green 
onion broth as well as paella with curried shellfish 
and chicken. 23 E. 22nd St. (228-2200). (F.) AE, 
DC, DS, MC, V. 

Brew's — As casual and comfortable as a burger joint 
gets. This two-story landmark always pleases. Great 
beer selection, and the always hospitable longtime 
owners, the Brew family, make this an oasis in the 
desert above 14th Street. 156 E. 34th St. (889- 
3369). (1)AE, MC.TM.V 

Campagna — The hue Show With David Ixtterman 
crowd is 3t one table, Time Warner honchos are at 
another, and isn't that . . .? Despite the frenzy of 



having become Media Central, this smart little 
trattoria serves some of the most satisfying Italian 
food in Manhattan. Chef Mark Straussman is to 
thank for dishes like rabbit in polenta, gnocchi 
with wild mushrooms and truffle oil, and grilled 
tuna with beets. 24 E.21st St. (460-0900). (E)AE, 
CB, DC, MC, V. 

The Cigar Room at Trumpets — This clubby hotel din- 
ing room features hearty American fare like steaks, 
chops, and seafood, should you feel like eating. 
The real specialty is the menu of 36 cigars from 
Nat Sherman and Davidoff of Geneva, any of 
which would be well-paired with a single-malt 
scotch. Jackets required. Grand Hyatt New York, 
Park An: at Grand Central Terminal (850-5999). (E) 
AE, CB, DC, DS, MC, V. 

FJ Parador Cafe— Very possibly the oldest Mexican 
restaurant in New York City, this comfortable, old- 
world establishment is known for its enormous 
selection of premium tequilas and traditional dish- 
es like mole poblano, carnitas, and duck with 
cuipotle glaze. 325 E. 34th St. (679-6812). (M) 
MC, TM, V. 

Empire Korea — This 500-seat restaurant in midtown's 
Little Korea broadens the neighborhood's culinary 
offerings with forays into Japanese and Chinese 
cuisines, with entrees like marinated short ribs and 
rib-eye steak, sushi and sashimi, teriyaki, hibachi 
steak, and everyone's favorite translucent noodle, 
chap-chae. 6 E. 32nd St. (725- 1333). (1-M) AE, 
DC, MC.TM.V 

Gramercy Tavern — As a second act to Danny Meyer's 
much-loved Union Square Cafe, this Flatiron 
American newcomer doesn't disappoint. The main 
dining room manages to be both impressive and 
cozy, the service superlative, and Tom Colicchio's 
food inspired. For lesser appetites and lower bud- 
gets, the bar menu in the Tavern Room is equally 
delicious. Orchestrate your own cheese course and 
sample the varied selection of wines by the glass. 
42 E. 20th St. (477-0777). (E)AE, DC, MC, V. 

Heartland Brewery — A rollicking brewpub with a 
menu as American as its Thomas Hart Benton-ish 
murals. Accompany your choice of microbrew 
with comfort food like meat loaf with buttermilk 
smashed potatoes, grilled Black Angus sirloin, 
and — for adventurers — the pupu-platter appetiz- 
er. 35 I him Square West (645-3400). (1) AE, DC, 
MC.TM.V 

i Trulli — A Southern Italian restaurant that aims to 
prove that tomato sauce is not crucial for survival, 
i Trulli succeeds with tasty focaccia, homemade 
sausage, tripe, and venison. In warm weather, the 
garden is a perfect midtown escape. 122 E. 27th 
St. (481-1372). (M) AE, DC, MC, V. 

Mesa Grill — Chef Bobby Flay believes in big flavors 
and big portions. He developed his own signature 
style, borrowing from the flavors and ingredients 
of the American Southwest. Loud, stylish, and 
loads of fun. Great quesadillas. 102 Fifth Ave., nr. 
16th St. (807-7400). (M)AE, DC, DS.MC, V 

Union Square Cafe — The careful service, human-scale 
dining rooms, and peerless California cafe cuisine 
make this one of the best restaurants in the city. 2 1 
E. 16th St. (243-4020). (M)AE, DC, MC, V. 

The Water Club — This romantic spot overlooking the 
East River is a favorite for formal affairs, but even 
your average demanding New York diner would 
be happy with the American menu and the airy, 
yacht club— like setting. As to be expected in this 
nautical environment, there's a heavy emphasis on 
seafood like lobster and soft-shell crabs, and a mas- 
sive spread for Sunday brunch. Jackets suggested in 
the main dining room. F.D.R. Drive via 23rd St. 
(683-3333). (E)AE, CB, DC, MC, V. 

14th-42nd Streets, West Side 

Bright Food Shop — A Chelsea luncheonette with an 
innovative, healthy Mexican menu with Asian in- 
fluences. Excellent desserts and a great selection of 
Mexican fruit sodas. 216 Eioluh Ave., at 21st St. 
(243-4433). (1-M) ($). 

The Crab House Seafood Restaurant — The first New 
York location of a Florida-based seafood empori- 
um, this cavernous, casual crab hall is famous for 
its all-you-can-eat salad and seafood bars and its 
variety of crustacean dishes. Drink or dine on the 
deck in fine weather. Chelsea Piers; Pier 6 1 (3 12- 
2722). (M) AE, DS, MC, V. 




Picnic-perfect sandwiches, like this panino di campagna — marinated eggplant, 
fresh mozzarella, red and yellow tomatoes, and arugula pesto on ciabatta — are a 
reason to frequent Osteria del Circo's well-stocked, and happily affordable ( $5 to 
$8.50 for soups, salads, and panini), takeout counter. (120 West 55th Street.) 



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Summer Sleeper 

Do you keep a few secrets for just yourself and friends? 
Tom Valetiti's brilliant and savory cooking at Cascahel is no secret. 
And mirrors on scarlet-lacquered walls and romantic lighting strike 
me as sexy. So why isn't the place packed with gourmands and 
lovers? Beats me. Tasting voluptuous, wild-mushroom-filled raviolo, 
charred-lamb-and-roasted-pepper salad, tenderest grilled rabbit, and 
a stunning short-rib pot au feu recently, I found the food better than 
ever. And now there's a new cafe menu for budgeteers — smallish 
plates priced from $5 to $8: mussel-white-bean ragout, fragrant 
braised tripe, goat-cheese ravioli and soft mushroom-studded polen- 
ta under a robiola melt. (218 Lafayette Street.) 

Da Umberto — Low-key Chelsea facade belies the extra- 
ordinary Italian offerings inside. Getting a table is no 
small task, especially in the evening. This is a Eu- 
ro-New York crossroads. A mad cacophony of laugh- 
ter and chatter in Brooklynese and Roman. Don't 
dress down. 1071V 17th St. (989-0303). (E)AE<mfy 

Flowers — A fashionable Flatiron restaurant with sur- 
prisingly tasty and innovative food and a lively at- 
mosphere. Sample the chef s modern renderings 
of shrimp rolls, baby lamb chops and baked Alas- 
ka. 21 W. 17th St. (691-8888). (M-E) AE, DC, 
MC,TM,V 

Lima — Luma used to be famous for its nutritional 
asceticism: no meat, no fat, no fun. Now the only 
restriction is the chef's efforts to use organic in- 
gredients. Global influences abound, from the 
Spanish-mackerel seviche to the shrimp satay with 
caramelized mango. 200 Ninth Ave., at 22nd St. 
(633-8033). (E)AE, DC, DS, MC, V. 

Moran's — Charming and timeless New York City 
tavern that's been around for 38 years. Six fire- 
places and comfort food like steak, seafood, and 
pasta make diis a warm and cozy Chelsea haven. 
146 Tenth An:, at 19th St. (627-3032). (M) AE, 
DC, MC, V. 

Simply Pasta — Perfectly situated for pretheater, this 

moderately-priced Northern Italian restaurant of- 
fers such dependable, fresh fare as Caesar salad, os- 

so buco.and tirami su. 1201V 41st St. (391-0805). 

(1)AE,DC,MC,V 
World Yacht — Take an out-of-town visitor to see the 

sights — all of them — over dinner. The luxury 

yacht boards at six, and sails from seven until ten. 

Pier 81, IV 4tst St. and the Hudson River (630- 

8100).(E)AE,MC,V 

4 3 rd- 5 6lh Streets, East Side 

Artos — The centerpiece of this fanciful Mediter- 
ranean restaurant, designed by Adam Tihany, is the 
massive hearth oven, used to bake a variety of fresh 
crusty breads. Sample Greek classics like baked 
lamb with orzo, moussaka, spanakopita, and grilled 
octopus and calamari. 307 E. 53rd St. (838-0007). 
(M-E)AE, DC, MC, V. 

Photograph by Bcrnd Auers. 



Cafe Centra — A big, shiny 
brasserie-cum-cafe in the lobby 
of the MetLife Building; there's 
inventive cooking going on 
here, and the joint is as fun and 
good as non-expensive mid- 
town gets. In the loud little Beer 
Bar, get one of the best ham- 
burgers in town. Closed Sunday. 
200 Park Ave., 45th St. at Vander- 
bilt Ave. (818-1222). (M) AE, 
DC, MC, V. 

Coldwaters — Lots of fresh, simply 
prepared seafood: steamers, soft- 
shell crabs, lobsters, and grilled 
shrimp and scallops in a casual 
atmosphere. 988 Second Ave., at 
5 2nd St. (888-2122). (M) AE, 
DC, DS, MC, V. 
The Comfort Diner — Fifties-theme 
diner, with an updated menu of 
retro faves like Mom's meatloaf. 
Thanksgiving on a roll, malteds, 
milkshakes, and egg creams. Try 
brunch on the weekends, when 
this neighborhood empties out. 
214 E. 45th St. (867-4555). (I) 
AE, DC, DS, MC, TM, V. 
Denim & Diamonds — This south- 
western grill and upscale night- 
club is midtown's best place for 
country dancing in a corporate 
atmosphere. 51 1 Lexington Ave., 
nr. 48th St. (371-1600). (I) AE, 
MC, V. 

The Four Seasons — Philip John- 
son designed this cathedral of 
modernity. Picasso did the ta- 
pestry. And the place remains a 
classic 30 years later. The Grill 
Room is where the term power 
hutch got its start in the seven- 
ties. The pool room is where the 
rest of us go for achingly expen- 
sive fare like foie gras and figs 
and chocolate velvet. 99 E. 52nd St. (754-9494). 
(E)AE, CB, DC.MC.V 
Giambelli 50th Ristorante — Elegant Northern Italian 
fare served in a warm and cozy atmosphere. 46 E. 
50th St. (688-2760). (M)AE, CB, DC, MC, V. 
Lespinasse — Marie Antoinette, where are you? This 
ultra-formal dining room in the St. Regis Hotel — 
think Versailles and you get the rococo drift — is 
where you'll find Gray Kunz's inventive Franco- 
Oriental cooking. The $46 prix fixe at lunch is a 
gentle introduction to exactly what wonders chef 
Kunz can perform. 2 E. 55th St., in the St. Reois 
Hotel (753-4500). (E)AE, CB, DC, MC, V. 
Lirtece — The name is still synonymous with dishes 
like Dover sole, cassoulet, and rack of lamb. After 
three decades of defining traditional French cui- 
sine, master chef Andre Soltner ceded the reins to 
relative innovator Eberhard Miiller. The kitchen 
still astonishes. 249 E. 50th St. (752-2225). (E)AE, 
CB, DC, MC, r 
Morton's of Chicago — This midwestern import has 
taken Manhattan by storm, winning converts with 
its tender double porterhouse and men's club 
charm. Hard to believe it's a chain. 551 Fifth Ave., 
at 45th St. (972-3315). (E)AE, DC, MC, V. 
Naples Ristorante e Pizzeria — This new, sprawling Ital- 
ian restaurant and carry-out in the MetLife build- 
ing serves authentic Neapolitan cuisine, including 
excellent thin-crust pizzas, baked to order by ex- 
perienced pizza masters imported directly from 
Italy. Also try the twice-baked sandwiches and the 
wide array of wines bv the glass. 200 Park Ave., at 
45th St. (972-7001). (l-M)AE, DC, DS, MC. V. 
Shinbashi-an — Sophisticated midtown spot for 
Japanese food, with specialties including tempura, 
sukiyaki, shabu shabu, and sushi in a sleekly mod- 
ern setting. Closed Saturdav. 141 E. 48th St. (752- 
0505). (M-E)AE, DC, MC, V. 
Smith & Wollensky — Carnivores keep this popular 
steakhouse jumping. All wood and brass, it has the 
look of a private men's club, the noise of a locker 
room, and a serious wine cellar. Third Ave. at 49th 
St. (753- 1530). (M)AE, CB, DC, DS, MC, V. 
Tatou — Gilded-plaster satyrs, bubble-toting cherubs, 
jazz onstage, and American-influenced French cui- 




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2182 Broadway (Btwn 77th & 78th) 
212-767O202 

Zeppole 

186 Fwikbn Si IBtwn Hud ft G'nicti) 
2124314726 

Cafe Luxembourg 

200 W 70th St (Btwn Amu ft W«1 End) 
212 873-7411 

Boxers 

190 W Fourth St (Btwn 6th ft 7th) 
212433BARK 

Sanzin 

180 Spring St (Thompson) 
2129650710 

Shark Bar 

307 Amsterdam Ave (Btwn 74th ft 75th) 
2124748500 



sine. Executive chef Michel Bourdeaux has gussied 
up the menu with dishes like Caribbean-style 
grilled swordfish on spinach, and cabbage stuffed 
with mushroom and roasted squab. During the 
more sedate lunch hour, dine to the background 
music of harp or a classical trio. 151 E. 50th St. 
(753- 1 144). (M-E) AE, CB, DC, DS, MC, V. 
Tropica — Always packed at lunch, but squeeze in at 
the bar and order the salmon and a glass of tropi- 
cal iced tea. The dining room serves the most 
imaginative seafood in town, but be sure to go on 
a weekday — the restaurant, located in the lobby of 
the MetLife Building, is closed Saturday and Sun- 
day. 200 ParkAiv.,nr. 45th St. (867-6767). (M)AE, 
CB,DC,MC,V. 

43rd— 56th Streets, West Side 

Adrienne — The Art Nouveau elegance and hush 
make this a perfect spot for an illicit tryst or a 
business luncn. A United Nations of flavors. 700 
Fifth Ave., at 55th St., in the Peninsula. (247-2200). 
(M)AE, CB, DC, DS, MC, V. 

American Festival Cafe — Lunch inside this glamorized 
eatery with rotating American folk art. Skaters in 
winter and a garden in the summer and early fall 
make for fierce window-seat competition. Seven 
hours' free parking after 5:30 p.m. Rockefeller Plaza, 
20 W. 50th St. (352- 7620). (M) AE. DC, MC, V. 

Beilo — Locals flock here for generous portions of 
well-priced Northern Italian served in a casually 
elegant atmosphere. Free parking from four till 
closing. 863 Ninth Ave., at 56th St. (246-6773). 
(M) Ah, DC, MC, V. 

Broadway Joe — Located in a townhouse on Restau- 
rant Row, this steakhouse serves a fourteen-ounce 
prime rib but also delivers fresh seafood and pasta 
for the omnivore. Hirschfeld caricatures cover the 



walls, so come find your NINAS while you dine. 
Free dinner parking. Private parties. 315 W. 46th 
St. (246-6513). (M-E)AE, DC, DS, MC, TM, V. 
Century Cafe — Theater-district cafe popular among 
actors and fans alike, with a prix-fixe menu and 
American fare like filet mignon and grilled 
salmon. 132 W. 43rd St. (398-1988). (M) AE, CB, 
DC, MC, V. 

Ciao Europa — Midtown Italian in an elegant, castle- 
like setting, with ceiling-high murals painted in 
1937. Regulars swear by the pasta and desserts. 
63 W. 54th St. (247-1200). (E) AE, DC, DS, 
MC, V. 

Cite — An extravagant French steakhouse, marble and 
pewter with blazing chandeliers, and a more af- 
fordable grill next door. 120 W. 51st St. (956- 
7100). (M-E)AE, CB, DC, DS, MC, V. 

"44" — Still the first stop for the officers of the Conde 
Nast empire. Deeply plush, windowless decor feels 
like the center of the Earth. Given the theatricality, 
surprisingly terrific food. 44 W. 44th St. , in the Roy- 
ahon (944-8844). (E)AE, CB, DC, MC, V. 

Jewel of India — A spicy bargain at lunch. Mother-of- 
pearl and gold-leaf trimming give this room an el- 
egant appeal. IS W. 44th St. (869-5544). (1) AE, 
CB, DC, DS, MC, TM, V. 

Julian's — This casual Mediterranean restaurant 
doesn't get as frenetic as its sister establishment 
next door, but it still qualifies as a fun place to 
dine in Hell's Kitchen. The menu offers grilled 
swordfish, sauteed chicken breasts with grapes 
and pine nuts, and a range of Sicilian and South- 
ern Italian specialties. 802 Ninth Ave. (262- 
4288). (l-M)AE, DS. 

La Reserve — Justifiably crowded during pre-curtain 
times; stop by during odd hours for sophisticated 
French offerings and environs. 4 W. 49th St. (247- 
2993/299). (E)AE, DC, MC, V. 



La Veranda — Northern Italian food. A popular spot 
in the theater district offering generous portions 
of fish, seafood, veal chops and pasta. 163 W. 47th 
St. (391-0905). (M)AE, CB, DC, MC, V. 

Langan's — American cuisine in a clublike setting. 
Food ranges from Black Angus steaks to crab cakes 
and seafood. A trendy, well-heeled crowd at the 
much-frequented bar mixes with theatergoers in 
the dining room. 150 W. 47th St. (869-5482). (M) 
AE, CB. DC, MC, V. 

Lattanzi — Reliable Italian in a romantic garden. Go 
when there's no danger of a curtain rising or 
falling soon for special attention. 361 W. 46th St. 
(315-0980). (M)AE only. 

Le Bemardin — French-born Eric Ripert carries forth 
the quest of his predecessor, the late Gilbert Le 
Coze, for the world's most spectacular seafood. His 
ambitious signature dishes — scallops and foie gras 
with truffles, Spanish-style mackerel in Jerez vine- 
gar, saddle of monkfish — have already won a very 
loyal following. 155 W. 51st St. (489-1515). (E) 
AE, DC, MC.V 

Les Pyrenees — French Provencal cuisine. Cassoulet 
from Toulouse recommended, as well as filet 
mignon and frogs' legs. A rustic atmosphere. A lot 
of theatergoers. 251 W. 51st St. (246-0044; 24). 
(M) AE, CB, DC, DS, MC. V 

Martini's — Convenient for pre- and posttheater, with 
a buzzing year-round sidewalk cafe and chef 
Richard Krause's rustic homemade pastas, char- 
coal-grilled seafood, and wood-oven pizza. 810 
Seventh Ave., at 53rd St. (767-1717). (M) AE, DC. 
DS,MC,TM,V 

Osteria del Circo — The restaurant of the moment, 
partly because of its excellent bloodlines (Sirio 
Maccioni's brood of charming sons runs the 
place) and partly because of its flavorful, home- 
style Italian menu. Be sure to try anything ere- 



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^liberated Thinking 



on know how many people were 'liberated' from the Bastille?" asks the owner of a midtown French 
restaurant that's conspicuously ignoring the marketing possibilities of Bastille Day this week. "Sev- 
en." Perhaps it wasn't exactly history's most prodigious populist uprising, but, in certain Gallic 



pockets of New York, this Sunday gives emigres land their American sympathizers) the opportunity to rev- 
el in la joie de la liberie. Expect carousing, outdoor (hence legal) smoking, high-spirited competition, and 
an uncontested assumption of cultural superiority. Robin Raisfeld 



I 



La Luncheonette 

(675-03-12) 



Florent, Gansevoort Street between 
Washington and Hudson 

(989-577?) 



Provence, 38 Macdougal Street 

(475-7500) 



Les Halles, 411 Park Avenue South 

(679-4111) 



The City Bakery, 22 East 17th Street 

(366-1414) 



HOW THEY CELEBRATE 



Reserve your spot on the incongruously named Yankee, a turn-of-thc- 
century steamboat anchored on the Hudson. $65 gets you cocktails and 
hors d'oeuvre, a three-course dinner, and a swing trio. 



The seventh-annual Francophiliac street fair (benefiting Housing 
Work*) features pnx fixe lunch and dinner menus: a fashion show 
w ith creations by Susan Lazar. Cynthia Rowley, and Sylvia Heisel 
.hkI entertainment both camp and not: performance art, cancan 
dancers, and revolutionary reenactments (pictured). 



j Macdougal between King and Prince Streets closes down to 

I accommodate the city's annual restaurant petanque invitation.! 

| with 40 teams and countless chef-groupie spectators. Root for 

| your favorite while munching on pan bagnat. gazpacho. 

| tabbouleh. and steak frites. 

; In the interest ot world peace, and to drag out the celebration as 

: long as possible, this steakhouse commemorates American and 

: French independence. Starting July 4. patriots can order a SI7.7( 

: lunch otTexas short ribs. Louisiana etouffec. and Georgia-peach 

; cobbler. On Sunday, the French (lag flies with a costume 

: drama, sidewalk petanque. and a special Gallic menu. { 

| Maury Rubin. New York's preeminent French-style baker, 

j executes "classic French pastry" like napoleons, eclairs, and 

j niadeleines. (You'll have to pick them up on Saturday; the 

j bakery's closed Sunday.) 



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ated by proud mother (and food consultant) 
Mrs. Maccioni. 120 W. 55th St. (265-5636). (E) 
AE, MC. V. 

Patsy's — If it's good enough for Frank, its good 
enough for you. Upscale Neapolitan eatery root- 
ed in the glorious fifties. 236 W. 56th St. (241- 
3491). (M) AE, CB, DC, DS, MC, V. 
Pierre au Tunnel — French the way it used to be (the 
place is 41 years old), and thoroughly charming, 
reliable, and comforting. 250 W. 41th St. (515- 
1220). (M)AE,MC,V 
Pig and Whistle — This is midtovvn's answer to an 
Irish bar. A business clientele and a coming-and- 
going-to-the-theater crowd can find Irish special- 
ties — both solid and liquid — here. 165 W. 41th St. 
(302-0112). (M)AE.MC.V 
Puttanesca — The multi-tiered antipasto table is the 
luscious centerpiece of this casual West Side Ital- 
ian. You can't go wrong with any of the home- 
made pastas and desserts. 859 Ninth Ave., nr. 56th 
St. (581-4111). (M)AE. 
Rainbow Room — "Where troubles melt like lemon 
drops," boasts this perch in the sky. The restaurant 
is 65 stories up and more than 60 years old, and its 
stellar views of New York give it reason to gloat. 
Romantic, with a solid Continental menu. Jacket 
and tie required. 30 Rockefeller Plaza (632-5000). 
(E)AE,DC,MC,V 
Ruth's Chris Steakhouse — A steak cooked in butter is 
the centerpiece of this successful upscale chain's 
take-no-prisoners march east across the country. 
Steak served in a series of connected, muted, and 
wood-paneled dining rooms. 148 IT 5 1st St. (245- 
9600). (E)AE, DC. MC, V. 
The Sea Grill — Plush, cozy dining room open to garden 
tables in the summer and offers a view of the Rock- 
efeller Center skating rink in winter. The serving 
team does cartwheels toting crab cakes with 
two sauces, mint-touched carpaccio of yel- 
lowfin-tuna mignon, and swordfish steak at 
m prenuum prices. Rockefeller Plaza, 1 9 IV 49th 
m St. 1332- 16 1 0). (E) A E, DC, MC, V. 

Stage Delicatessen — A landmark deli that 
serves gigantic sandwiches, every one of 
which is worth returning for. 834 Seventh 
Ave., nr. 54th St. (245-1850). (1)AE, MC, V. 
'IV Club — The new, old, younger '21' has 
lost its hauteur at the door but not its toys in 
the artfully restored saloon. Club classics 
alongside contemporary whimsy at prices 
that stagger, but from 10:30, supper is a bar- 
gain. 21 IT 52nd St. (582-1200). IE) AE, 
CB, DC, MC, V. 

51 th- 60th Streets 



Cafe Botanica — This American restaurant 
in the Essex House hotel is an airy, plant- 
filled respite from the congestion ot Cen- 
tral Park South. Sunday brunch is a 
neighborhood fixture; at night, sample 
the chefs renditions of grilled lobster 
and rack of lamb. 160 Central Park So. 
(484-5120). (E)AE, CB, DC, DS, MC, V 
Contrapunto — Join the queue in this 
good-looking, updated restaurant 
that's added a roster of sophisticated 
meat and seafood dishes to its 
renowned pastas. 200 E. 60th St. 
(151-8616). (M) AE, CB, DC, DS, 
MC, TM, V. 

Dawat — You can't miss with tan- 
doori — cooked before your eyes in 
the big ovens in the back — or with 
any of the more unusual regional spe- 
cials. Actress and cookbook author 
Madhur Jaffrey is responsible for the 
very popular and wide-ranging 
menu. 210 E. 58th St. (355-1555). 
(MAE, CB. DC, MC, V. 
Fifty Seven Fifty Seven — The coun- 
try's entertainment-industry glit- 
terati make themselves right at 
home at I. M. Pei's monumental 
J dining room. Susan Weaver is one 
of the only working chefs to 
combine contemporary presenta- 
tion and technique with classic 
Provencal on one plate. The 
weekend bar scene puts the con- 



cept-hotel bar scene to shame. 51 E. 51th St. 
(158-5100). (E) AE, CB, DC, MC, V. 
Fibers Restaurant — This Continental restaurant at 
the Fitzpatrick Manhattan Hotel boasts the best 
Guinness in New York and serves a traditional 
Irish breakfast until 10:30 PM. Or stop in for tea 
and scones after a tiring afternoon of shopping at 
Bloomingdale's two blocks away. 681 hcxinoton 
Ave., at 51th St. (355-0100). (M) AE, CB, DC, 
MC.V 

Les Celebrites — Plush and old-fashioned, this impos- 
ing dining room in the Essex House on Central 
Park South also happens to have a very fine 
kitchen. Dinner only. 160 Central Park So. (484- 
51 13). (E)AE, CB, DC, DS, MC. V. 

The Manhattan Ocean Club — Savor your seafood in an 
elegant dining room decorated with Picasso ce- 
ramics and Brazilian-red-cherrv floors. 57 II.' 58th 
St. (371-7777). (E) AE, CB, DC, DS, MC, V 

March — This small townhouse feels homey and ro- 
mantic. Try confit and grilled duck touched with 
sweet and savory chutneys or Atlantic salmon with 
Middle Eastern spices and ai'oli. 405 E. 58th St. 
(154-6212). (E)AE, CB, DC, MC, V. 

Mickey Mantle's — A sleek sports bar and restaurant 
with an art gallery, the requisite TV monitors, and 
a collection of vintage baseball jerseys. Features 
American cuisine like hickory-smoked baby back 
ribs, chicken-fried steak, and grilled swordfish. 42 
Central Park So. (688-1111). (M)AE, DC. DS, MC, 

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Motown Cafe — Motor City music, live and memo- 
rialized in showbiz displays, keeps the crowds 
lining up. So do the down-home midtown ver- 
sions of barbecue, fried chicken, meatloaf, and 
crab cakes. 104 IT' 51th St. (581-8030). (I) AE, 
MC.V 

Petrossian — Fast food for the very rich in an Art De- 
co setting with carved frosted glass, mink- 
trimmed banquettes, and period bronzes — lean 
flappers with leaner wolfhounds. 182 W. 58th St. 
(245-22 1 4). (E) AE. CB. DC, MC, V. 

Rosa Mexicano — Did someone say "fresh-pomegran- 
ate margarita"? Yes, someone did. What s more, this 
spot prepares your guacamole tableside (a south- 
of-the-border hibachi?). Some of the tastier 
gourmet Mexican in the city. 1063 First Ave., at 
58th St. (153-1401). (M)AE, CB. DC, MC, V. 

San Domenko — Toques off to owner Tony May, who 
may have done more for the cause of serious Ital- 
ian cooking in New York than any other single 
restaurateur. His dining room is formal, and the 
food is wonderful. 240 Central Park So. (265- 
5959). (E) AE, CB, DC. MC, V. 

Serendipity 3 — A fun house for grown-ups and kids 
alike, with a foyer boutique and a wildly eclectic 
American menu featuring frozen hot chocolate, 
foot-long hot dogs, and fabulous dessert concoc- 
tions. 225 E. 60th St. (838-353 1). (I)AE, CB, DC, 
MC.TM.V 



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Arizona 206 — Innovative southwestern, situated amid 
a cluster of movie theatres, and spitting distance 
from Bloomingdale's. Adobelike setting with fire- 
place and active sort-of-singles bar. Ideal spot for a 
drink or a feast. 206 E. 60th St. (838-0440). (M) 
AE, MC.TM.V 

Baraonda — When the rest of the neighborhood is 
dark, this elegant Northern Italian hot spot is just 
starting to glow. The Rangers celebrated their 
Stanley Cup victory here, and yes, that was 
George Michael. 1439 Second Aw., at 15th St. 
(288-8555). (M) ($). 

The Boathouse Cafe — This is a glorious oasis in Cen- 
tral Park where you'll find an array of seasonal 
specialties like roast rack of lamb, farfalle with 
spring vegetables, and crabmcat-and-grapefruit 
salad. Central Park, nr. 12nd St. and Fifth Ave. (511- 
2233). (M)AE, MC.TM, V. 

Cafe Word of Mouth — -This second-floor perch is a 
cozy oasis for breakfast, brunch, dinner, or tea, and 
the contemporary American menu features up- 
dated comfort food like corned-beef hash with 
eggs, Irish soda bread, and an eclectic array of sal- 
ads and sandwiches. 1012 Lexington Ave., nr. 12nd 
St. (249-5351). (M)AE, MC, TM, V. 

Colony — This Upper East Side pan-Asian bistro fea- 
tures Thai. Vietnamese, and Malavsian cuisine in a 



Every night 
from 5 to 1 1 pm 
through Sept. 7th 

1 1/4 lb. Lobster 

Steamed Clams and Mussels 

With Boiled Potatoes 
Corn on the Cob 
Corn Bread and Coleslaw 

and for dessert 
New York Cheesecake 

AU for *24^ 



American Festival Cafe 

proudly accepts the 
American Express* Card 



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American Festival Cafe 

at Rockefeller Plaza 
20 West 50th Street, Concourse Level 

For reservations: 
(212) 332-7620 

7 hours free parking 
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room resembling Disney's version of a Polynesian 
village — except for the waitresses in Nicole 
Miller. Some of the cooks are fugitives from the 
wildly popular Ollie's. 1 199 First Ave., at 65th St. 
(249-7.138). (MjAE, MC, TM, V. 

Hosteria Horella — This friendly neighborhood Tus- 
can trattoria serves especially fine antipasto and 
seafood, including a filet mignon of tuna and a 
claypot-roasted salmon, as well as a variety of pas- 
tas and thin-crusted pizzas. 1081 Third Ave, nr. 
64th St. (838-7570). (M) AE, DC, MC, V. 

Hurricane Island — This American restaurant named 
for an island off the coast of Maine specializes, of 
course, in fresh lobster and seafood, and offers a 
better-than-average selection of microbrews 
with selections from Belgium and Germany. 
1303TliirdAve.,at 75th St. (717-6600). (M)AE. 
MC,V. 

Isle of Capri — Three steps away from the hustle and 
busde of Bloomingdale's, here's a cozy Italian spot 
that's been around for 40 years, serving specialties 
like pappardelle con porcini and trippa alia Cal- 
abrese. 1028 Third Ave. , at 6 1st St. (223-9430) (M) 
AE, DC, MC, V. 

La GranHa— A casually elegant two-story trattoria, 
serving charcoal-grilled fish, meat, and poultry, 
and thin-crust pizza from a wood-burning oven. 
Two fireplaces, and a smoking room for lighting 
up of a more personal nature. 1470 Second Ave., at 
77th St. (717-5500). (M)AE, MC, TM, V. 

Letizia — Upper East Side neighborhood Italian that 
treats everyone like a local. Try unusual pasta dish- 
es like the half-moon ravioli filled with shrimp 
and broccoli rabe. 1352 First Ave., nr. 72nd St. 
(5 1 7-2244). (E) AE, DC, DS, MC, V. 

Mulholland Drive Cafe — A very singles-bar scene that 
breeds a room full of regulars who stay for Ital- 
ian-accented American meals with a 
California feel. Settle into comfort- 
able banquettes and listen to live 
jazz. Yes, that was Patrick Swayze, 
but that figures — he owns the place. 
1059 Tltird Ave., at 63rd St. (319- 
7740). (M) AE, DC, MC, TM, V. 

Park Avenue Cafe — A polished, countri- 
fied American cafe for business 
lunches and off-duty get-to-know- 
yous in the evening. Chef David 
Burke makes the tired catchall 
"American fare" sing, and keeps the 
haute neighbors rapt with signature 
dishes like rack of lamb and his 
swordfish chop. 100 E. 63rd St. (644- 
1900). (E) AE, DC, DS, MC, V. 

Post House — Clubby and comfortable, 
this handsome dining room special- 
izes in good quality and big por- 
tions. The peppery Cajun-style steak 
is a favorite, especially with a side 
order of French fries or onion rings. 
There are dishes with decidedly less 
cholesterol — poached salmon, say, or 
lemon chicken — but this isn't a 
place to watch your waistline. Seri- 
ously. 28 E. 63rd St., in the Lowell 
Hotel (935-2888). IE) AE, Cli, DC, 
DS, MC, V. 

Prima vera — This elegant uptown restau- 
rant serves sophisticated renditions of 
Northern Italian food, like baby eels 
with oil and garlic, and roasted baby 
goat. The comfortable wood-paneled 
room, lit with antique fixtures and 
filled with fresh flowers, brings a 
touch of luxury to the neighborhood. 
1578 First Ave., nr. 82nd St. (861- 
8608). (E)AE, DC, MC, V. 

The Restaurant at the Stanhope — You're 
standing on the steps of the Metro- 
politan Museum, parched, exhausted, 
and in search of that perfect watering 
hole. The Stanhope is back, serving 
tasty American fare. 995 Fifth Ave., at 
81st St. (288-5800). (M) AE, DC, 
DS, MC, V. 

Sign of the Dove — Because the room is 
lush and romantic, this restaurant has 
sometimes been overlooked in the 
pantheon of memorable New York 
institutions. Rjght now, chef Andrew 



D'Amico is among the city's best, turning out 
eclectic cuisine that draws from influences all 
over the world. The prix fixe lunch is a good way 
to test D'Amico 's talents. / 1 10 TliirdAve., at 65th 
St. (86 1-8080). (M) AE, MC, V. 



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Artepasta — Extremely affordable pasta palace with 
bright murals on the walls and unexpected extras 
like veal capriciossa and salmon carpaccio. An un- 
limited champagne brunch reels 'em in. 106 IV 
73rd St. (501-7014). Also, 81 Greenwich Ave. (229- 
0234). (1-M) ($). 

Cafe des Artistes — A smartly run, wonderfully ro- 
mantic bistro with frolicking nudes on the walls. 
Open and serving all the time. Stop in before or 
after a jaunt to Lincoln Center. / W. 67th St. (877- 
3500). (M-E)AE, CB, DC, MC, V. 

Iridium — Amid every restaurant's struggle for 
uniqueness, this unusual American bistro has 
found its own. Its award-winning decor has been 
described as "Dali Meets Disney ' and is based on 
musical movements. Late-night jazz and Sunday 
brunch, a deal at $17.95, make it a welcome com- 
plement to Lincoln Center. 44 W. 63rd St. (582- 
2121). (M)AE, DC, DS, MC, V. 

Main Street — This lofty dining room with a skylit 
atrium and general-store decor is a great place 
for large parties (or hungry couples) dining fam- 
ily-style on enormous platters of meat loaf, tcr- 
rincs of macaroni and cheese, and trays of filet 
mignon au poivrc. Bring an appetite. 446 Colum- 
bus Ave., nr. 81st St. (873-5025). (M) AE, DC, 
DS, MC, TM, V. 

Niko's Mediterranean Grill & Bistro — This uptown 
grill specializes in the cuisine of the moment: 



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Opening Q | 

Manhattan 

a Cigale is the charming result of a series of right choices by 
its young and beautiful owner, first-time restaurateur Katie 
Ward. Her Mott Street location feels like Little Italy in con- 
trast with SoHo's retail Babylon a few blocks west, and the garden, 
like a downtown Monkey Bar champetre. Her 131-word menu is as 
spare, and as considered, as a sonnet. Most important, there is her 
chef, Daniel Inserra, whose culinary precision, intense flavors, and 
creative flair reflect his years as a cook under David Bouley in New 
York and Jeremiah Tower in Northern California. 

Inserra's grouper with eggplant, roasted tomatoes, braised fen- 
nel, and red-pepper coulis is a successful menage where all the 
partners retain a strong identity. Grilled mahimahi with herbed cous- 
cous, baby tomatoes, and basil, similarly, 
unites strong solo tastes. Here Inserra streaks 
the plate with a pistoulike preparation of fresh 
basil and basil oil. The one meat offering, a 
roasted filet mignon, is simple and terrific. 

My favorite appetizer is the asparagus with 
field greens dressed in a lemon vinaigrette. 
Malpeque oysters with shallots and raspberry 
vinegar are briny and delicious. Desserts fea- 
tured the best sherbets I have ever had, leaving 
me hard-pressed to choose between raspberry- 
mint and mango. The wine list is well chosen, 
especially a crisp '94 Domaine Boudin that de- 
feated the wilt of a humid city night. (231 Mott 
Street; 334-4331.) Peter Kaminsky 



Mediterranean, with influences from Greece, Is- 
rael, Turkey, and Italy. Sample large portions of 
moussaka, lamb with orzo, grilled fish, kabobs, 
and — strangely — brick-oven pizza. 2161 Broad- 
way, at 76th St. (873-7000). (M) AE, DC, DS. 
MC,V 

O'Neal's — A standby for pre- and post-theater din- 
ing, this Lincoln Center restaurant serves Amer- 
ican food like potpie and ribs in a room de- 
signed to convey the feeling of Old New York. 
Live music on weekends, and kids eat free on 
Sundays. 49 W. 64th St. (787-4663). (M) AE, 
DC, DS, MC, V. 

Picholine — Chef Terrance Brennan's French- 
Mediterranean cuisine is as beautiful to look at as 
it is delicious to eat. Try the risotto, smoky with 
tender duck and wild mushrooms, and velvety foie 
gras with peach coulis, and save room for a glass of 
port to accompany the amazingly rich and well- 
chosen cheese course. 35 W. 64th St. (724-8585). 
(E)AE, DC,MC,V. 

Tavern on the Green — A must for your country 
cousin. This mazelike collection of dining rooms, 
each with a view of the park better than the pre- 
vious one's, is worth cutting the hansom-cab ride 
short for. Central Park at 67th St. (873-3200). (E) 
AE, CB, DC, DS, MC, V. 

West 63rd Street Steakhouse — Mahogany tables and 
red suede walls make this nice-ified steakhouse 
less stultifying than its midtown brethren.Twen- 
ty-foot ceilings allow for a spectacular view of 
Lincoln Center, and there are seafood and pasta 
for those who enjoy the company of a meat- 
eater. 44 W. 63rd St. (246-6363). (M) AE, DC, 
MC.V. 



Brooklyn 

Lundy Bros. — A restored Brooklyn land- 
mark serving a wide-ranging menu of 
fish, pasta, chicken, and steak but special- 
izing in fresh seafood. Don't miss the 
raw bar or the reconstructed shore din- 
ner. 1901 Emmons Ave. (718-743-0022). 
(M)AE,MC,TM,V. 

The River Cafe — It's always worth crossing 
the bridge to sit waterside, enchanted by 
the skyline and a celebration of contem- 
porary American cooking that predates 
the throng. Outdoor seating in season. / 
Water St. (718-522-5200). (E) AE, CB, 
DC, MC, V. 



Queens 

Stick to Your Ribs — Deservedly heralded 
as New York's best barbecue, this cozy 
Queens joint draws fans from much fur- 
ther than across the East River. The bar- 
becued Texas beef is sublime. 5-16 5 1st 
Ave., Long Island City (718-937-3030). 
Also, 433 Amsterdam Ave., nr. 80th St. 
(501-7897). (1) (S). 




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Mostly Mozart 



Ella Tribute 



Urban Bush Women 



Classical Music 



I ii esday, July 9 

Juilliard In Concert — Performance by soprano Karla 
Simmons, flutist Adi Menczel, and keyboardist 
Adam Ben-David, ('omiiiaii.il Center. I HO Maiden 
Line, at 12:30; free. 

American Guild of Organists — Nightly performances 
7/9-7/1 1 of works by Samuel Adler.Johann Kit- 
tel, and Ian Koetsier by organist Michael Farris 
and English hornist Thomas Stacy. AUccTuDy Hall. 
Lincoln Center (HI 5-5000). at 5:30; S 10. 

Celebration II — Cabaret star Steve Ross presents 
works by Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante, and Cole 
Porter. Hudson River Park. Battery Park City (416- 
5554). at 6:30; free. 

Ella Fitzgerald Tribute — "l ady. He Good" brings to- 
gether Ann Hampton Calloway, Harry "Sweets" 
Edison, and Weslia Whitfield, among others, for a 
celebration of Fitzgerald's hits. Carnegie Hall, 
HHI Seventh Aiv., at 57th St. (247-7H00j,at 7:30; 
S18-S70. 

New York Choral Society Summer Sings — Participatory 
choral reading of Bernstein's Chithestet Psalms; 
Nina Gilbert, guest conductor. CHAW Hall, 165 W. 
57th St. (247-3878), at 7:30; SH. 

The National Chorale — "On Broadway," works by 
Loesser, Sondheim, and Weill. Dainrosch Park. 
Lincoln Center, at 8; free. 

Mostly Mozart Festival— The thirtieth anniversary sea- 
son kicks off with performances by violist Pinchas 
Zukerman and violinist Itzhak Perlman; Gerard 
Schwarz, conductor. Avery Visiter Hall, Lincoln 
Center (721-6500). at 8; S22-t42. 

Wednesday. July I 0 

Ella Fitzgerald Tribute — "Body and Soul" brings to- 
gether Diane Schuur, Mandy Patinkin. and He- 
len Merrill, among others, for a celebration of 
Fitzgerald's hits. Carnegie Hall, HHI Seventh Ave., 
at 57th St. (247-7800), at 7:30; S18-S70. 

American Guild of Organists — See 7/ l >. 

Mostly Mozart Festival V 7/9. 

Thursday. July 11 

American Guild of Organists — See 7/9. 

Naumburg Orchestra — Performs works by Gould, 
Prokofiev, and Beethoven; Lukas Foss, conductor. 
Dainrosch Park, Lincoln Center, at 7;free. 

New York Choral Society Summer Sings — Participato- 
ry choral reading ofVerdi's Re.jiiieiii; Robert De 
Cormier, guest conductor, cash Hall, 165 W. 
57th St. (247-3H7H), at 7:30; SH. 

Bargemusic — Works by Haydn. Mozart, and Faure 
performed by pianist Charles Abramovic, violinist 
Carmit Zori, violist Robert Rinehart, and cellist 
Jonathan Spitz. Fulton Ferry Landing, under the 
Brooklyn Bridge (7 1 8-624-4061), at 7:30; S15-S23. 



Ground Rules: 
This section emphasizes classical concerts, recitals, 
and public square/park performances (but only the 
premeditated ones), and includes the occasional Jazz 
concert if ft is held, say, outdoors or in a public 
space. For rock concerts and club information, see 
"Nightlife." 



Mostly Mozart Festival — The Tokyo String Quartet, 
pianist Claude Frank, and clarinetist Richard 
Stoltzman perform an all-Mozart program. Avery 
Fisher Hall. Lincoln Center (721-6500). at H: 
S15-S30. 

American Guild of Organists Finale — Peter Schickele 
presents works by P.D.Q. Bach, and the Mrs. Bach 
Show. Radio City Music Hall, 50th St. and Ave. of the 
Americas (247-4777), at 8:30; S20. 

Friday. July 1 2 

Bargemusic — Brass works by Scheidt. Gabrieli. Bach. 
Jones, and Purcell. Fulton Ferry Landing, under the 
Brooklyn Bridge (7 1 8-624-4061). at 7:30;SI5-t23. 

Mostly Mozart Festival — Clans Peter Flor conducts 
the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, accompa- 
nied by violinist Pamela Frank and pianist Hora- 
cio Gutierrez. Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln ("enter 
(721-6500), at 8;SI5-S35. 

Summergarden — Music by Xenakis, 
Tanguy, and Ravel for chamber 
ensembles. Museum of Modem Art, 
Sculpture Garden, 1 1 If.' 53rd St. 
(708-949 1 ); garden opens at 6, con- 
cert at H:30;free. 



Dance 



Pilobolus Dance Theatre — Celebrating its tvvenrv-fifth 
anniversary. 7/9-7/13 and 7/15 at 8. 7/13 at 2. 
Through July 20. Joyce theater, 175 l-iohth Ave., at 
1 9th St. (242-0800); $30. 

Urban Bush Women — A benefit performance for the 
High School of Performing Arts dance depart- 
ment. The program includes Stomp Dance and 
Girlfriends. 7/1 1 at 7:30. La Guardia Concert Hall, 
Amsterdam Ave. and 65th St. (74 1-8 1 85); $10. 

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company — A program of Asian- 
inspired works, including Calligraphy II. 7/12 
and 13 at 7:30. La Guardia Concert Hall, Amster- 
dam Ave. and 65th St. (741-8185): SIO. 

SummerStage — Lula Washington Dance Theatre and 
MarliesYearby's Movin' Spirits Dance Theater. 7/ 1 2 
at 8:30. Ruiusey Field, Central Park, 72nd St. off Fifth 
Aw. (360-CPSS);free. 



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Summergarden — See 7/12. 
Mostly Mozart Festival— See 7/12. 

Sunday , July 14 

Bargemusic — See 7/ 1 1 , at 4. 

Music from Aston Magna — "The 
Humorous Mozart." performed 
by violinists Daniel Stepner and 
Nancy Wilson, violist David 
Miller, contrabassist Anne Trout, 
and natural hornblowers Lowell 
Greer and Tamara Kozinski. 
Corpus Christi Church, 121st St. 
and Broadway (800-875-7156), 
at 5; S 17. 50. 

Goldman Memorial Band — "The 
Grand Finale." featuring music 
by Bernstein, Britten, and 
Sousa. Dainrosch Park, Lincoln 
Center (886-9887), at 7; free. 

Monday, July 15 
Mostly Mozart Festival — The 

Chamber Music Society ot Lin- 
coln Center and pianist Alicia 
De Larrocha perform works by 
Weber and, naturally, Mozart. 
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center 
(72 1-6500), at H;$I5-S30. 



The New York Grand Opera Company, led by legendary maestro 
Vincent La Selva, kicks off the third season of free opera in Cen- 
tral Park on July 10, with Verdi's Mara. La Selva promises pre- 
sentations of all 28 Verdi operas before the year 2001: This 
summer also brings Attila on July 17, Macbeth on July 31, and / 
Masnadieri on August 7. 



Opera 



lew York Grand Opera — Maestro 
Vincent La Selva conducts Verdi's 
Alzira, based on Voltaire's play, 
on 7/10. A concurrent exhibi- 
tion at the New York Public Li- 
brary for the Performing Arts at 
Lincoln Center displays Verdi 
memorabilia. Runisey Field, Cen- 
tral Park, 72nd St. off Fifth Ave. 
I245-H837);free. 




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The Vipers' Club 



The New American Ghetto 



The Written Word 

Wayne Koestenbaum — 7/9 at 7: Reads from his Jackie 
Under My Skin: Interpreting an American Icon. A Dif- 
ferent Light Bookstore,' 151 W. 19th St. (989- 
4850); free. 

Susan Isaacs — 7/10 at 7: Reads from Lily Wliite. 
Shakespeare & Co., 939 Lexington Ave., at 68th 
St. (570-0201); free. 

E. Annie Proulx — 7/10 at 1 p.m. at Main 
Squeeze, 19 Essex St., bet. Hester and 
Canal Sts. (614-3109); and at 7:30 at 
Barnes & Noble/Union Square, 33 
E. 17th St. (253-0810); free. 

Richard A. Isay — 7/11 at 7: Reads from 
his Becoming Gay: Tlw Journey to Self- 
Acceptance. A Different Light Book- 
store, 151 W. 19th St. (989-4850); 
free. 

Valerie Steele — 7/17 at 7: The cultural 
historian reads from Fetish: Fashion, 
Sex and Power. A Different Light 
Bookstore. 151 W. 19th St. (989- 
4850); free. 



childhood home, the A. A. Low mansion, and the 
Brooklyn Historical Society. Meet at the front 
steps of City Hall. Call 439-1090 for further in- 
formation; $9, $7 students and seniors. 
Millionaire's Mile— 7 11 at 1 :3l >: Namely, Fifth Ave. be- 
tween 59th and 79th Sts.The area, once a social and 
geographical wasteland called "Squatters' Sover- 
eignty,' was transformed after the city's purchase of 
land for Central Park in 1 856 into an exclusive res- 
idential section displaying a formidable concentra- 



Tours 



Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival and Berkshire 
Highlights— 7/12 at 9 A.M. till 7/14 
at 7 p.m.: For almost 65 yean, Jacob's 
Pillow Dance Festival has been set- 
ting summertime in motion. Tour 
the grounds of Jacob's Pillow, nestled 
in the Berkshire Hills, and learn 
about the history of this former 
farm, whose studios have been home 
to many of the world's greatest 
dancers and choreographers. Enjoy a 
performance of the ground-breaking 
work of Alwin Nikolais, an origina- 
tor and wizard of multimedia dance. 
See Dance Across Cultures, an innova- 
tive performance by a British and a 
Cambodian dancer. Attend a Boston 
Symphony Orchestra rehearsal at 
Tanglewood and walk its lovely 
grounds, and visit the area's muse- 
ums. This weekend also includes vis- 
its to the village of Lenox, to Daniel 
Chester French's historic home and 
studio in Stockbridge, and to Deer- 
field, the setting for the film Lif//r 
Women. Call 92nd Street Y at 996- 
1 1 00 for further information. Price: 
$399 (includes double-occupancy 
accommodations, two performances, 
guided tours and admissions). 

Riot and Rebellion 7 1 3 at 1 : A walking 
tour through lower Manhattan to 
discover the sites and stories of New 
York's great uprisings. Sites include 
the 1712 Slave Revolt, the 1788 
Doctor's Riot, the Dead Rabbit's Riot of 1857, 
and the 1863 Civil War Draft Riots. Meet at the 
front steps of City Hall. Call Big Onion Walking 
Tours at 439-1090 for further information; $9, $7 
students and seniors. 

Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn Heights at Twilight— 7/ 1 3 at 
4: A walking tour across the Brooklyn Bridge and 
through the city's first suburb, focusing on the his- 
tory, architecture, and people of this unique area. 
Stops include Plymouth Church, Walt Whitman's 

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World Party 



The explosive George Weah, FIFA's 1995 World Player of the Year, and fellow 
firecrackers Romano, Jiirgen KHnsmann, and Michael Laudnip sizzle and pop at 
Giants Stadium on Sunday, July 14, when the World Stars team takes on Brazil. 
The doubleheader begins at 12:30 with the Major League Soccer All-Star game. 

tion of wealth and private mansions. For meeting 
site and reservations, please call 265-2663. $5. 



Sports 



MLB All-Star Game — A week before the All-Star 
break, at least twenty players had at least twenty 
homers, with a handful — led by the Orioles' 
Brady Anderson, a leadoff hitter most of the sea- 



son — on pace to at least challenge Roger Maris s 
single-season record. Juiced ball, expansion, what- 
ever the cause, this season has seen pitching de- 
viancy defined downward, with EP^As of 4.50 and 
under deemed acceptable. At least baseball is back 
on NBC, where it belongs. From Veterans Stadium 
in Philadelphia. Tues., 7/9, at 8. 
Yankees — At the halfway point, this Yankee team is 
just as hard to figure out as it was during spring 
training. The best rotation in the AL, with seven 
worthy starters, in the spring. But 
despite the sporadic brilliance of 
David Cone, Andy Pettitte, Doc 
Gooden, Kenny Rogers, and Jimmy 
Key thus far, not one of the (un- 
lucky) seven has been untouched by 
injury and/or adversity. Offensively, 
the Yanks have been typically 
among the league leaders in batting 
average and on-base percentage, and 
Bernie Williams and Tino Martinez 
in particular have stood out as run 
producers. But the Yankees have 
been especially vulnerable to any 
and all left-handers. So how have 
they prevailed? Two answers: Mari- 
ano Rivera, who as a middle reliev- 
er has been the MVP as much as 
anyone in the AL. And Joe Torre, the 
manager of the (half-)year. Starter's 
arm tiring and too early to go to 
Wetteland? Middle reliever like 
Wickman or (the departed) Steve 
Howe pouring fuel on the fire? Call 
Rivera. Easy call, and one that 
Torre's had the sense to make in the 
right situations. But recently, Rivera 
has displayed an almost-human vul- 
nerability in a couple of games. So if 
Torre is to maintain a potentially 
award-winning managerial perfor- 
mance, he must realize that he can't 
go to the well too often, or the well 
will run dry. And along with it, the 
Yankees' hold on the East. At Balti- 
more 7/1 l-7/14.Thurs. (MSG) and 
Fri. (Ch. 11) at 7:35. Sat. at 7:05 
(MSG). Sun. at 1:35 (Ch. 11). 
Mets— Is Alex Ochoa all that} His 
presence (and performance) has had 
a positive effect on the Mets on the 
field and in the standings. Still, the 
image of the Mets as a team that's 
spinning its wheels remains. On pa- 
per, the Mets seem(ed) a solid if not 
overpowering team with decent to 
very good pitching. In reality, 
they're a surprisingly potent-hitting 
team with average starting pitching 
and inadequate middle relief. The 
perception is mediocrity, a cardinal 
sin in New York, which will tolerate 
a charmingly inept sports franchise 
before a middle-of-the-road one. It 
all amounts to a bunch of frustrated Mets, young 
and talented with enormous upside — Ochoa, Or- 
donez, Hundley.Vizcaino, Isringhausen — but frus- 
trated nonetheless.Vs. Houston 7/1 1-7/1 4.Thurs. 
and Fri. (SC) at 7:40. Sat. at 1:05 (Fox). Sun. at 
1:40. Other games on Ch. 9. (Vs. Philadelphia 
7/15-7/17.) 

MetroStars — The MetroStars' 4-0 rout of the 
Columbus Crew last week was initiated by an im- 
plausible swerving goal by Nicola Caricola, shot 

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0 C,timental 
Journey 

The stunning results of photographer 
Camilo Jose Vergara's twenty -year 
odyssey through American inner cities 
(see "A Cold Eye, " April 22) go on view 
July 12 at the Municipal Art Society's 
Urban Center. Call 935-3960. 

from just over the midfield line. This is the latest 
stop in Caricola's scramble to redeem himself — he 
scored two early goals this season against his own 
team — and to start acting like the former star 
sweeper for Juventus that ne is. The second goal 
came after a nifty one-touch bending ball from 
Gus Johnson reached the foot of Giovanni 
Savarese, who sent it into the net. That the aged 
Italian Caricola and the fresh-faced recruit from 
the New Jersey Imperials Johnson are coaxing 
some skill out of their game bodes well for the 
Metros, who need veteran players to start playing 
as they have in the past, and rookies to perform 
like they never have before. Vs. the Dallas Burn 
Wed., 7/10, at 7:30 at Giants Stadium. Call 307- 
7171 for ticket info. On MSG. 

The MLS All-Star Game — There will be few rookies on 
the field at Giants Stadium for the international 
gathering of the soccer world's best and brightest 
Sun., 7/14. The doubleheader kicks off at 12:30 
with the Major League Soccer All-Star game, 
which should feature nice play with delightful 
moments from MLS stars like the MetroStars'Tab 
Ramos, Carlos Valderrama, Jorge Campos, Marco 
Etcheverry, Gobi Jones, Alexi Lalas, and many of 
the other earnest faces of U.S. Soccer. The second 
match, pitting the fifa World Stars against brazil, 
on the other hand, should be ravishing. One side 
will have many of the world's best players — in- 
cluding George Weah of Liberia, Lothar Matthaus 
of Germany. Paul Ince of England, and Gianluca 
Vialli of Italy — and the other side will be, well, 
Brazil. On ESPN and Univision (Ch. 41). 
Adam Lehnep, 

Dora I Arrowwood New York Summer League — For the 
most part, this tournament's "NBA" teams consist 
of wannabe free agents from the CHA, USBL, or 
Europe signed to ten-day contracts who happen to 
be wearing the uniforms of the Knicks, Nets, Rap- 
ton, Sixers, Magic, and Celtics while the real teams' 
players are on noliday or with the Dream Team. 
But with the new rookie salary cap — i.e.. no pro- 
tracted holdouts — you just might see John Willace 
in the Knicks' home orange-and-whites. His fellow 
first-rounders most likely will not be there; Don- 
tae' Jones has a screw loose, no pun intended, in his 
foot, and Walter McCarty is attending summer 
classes. (Stav in school, indeed.) At Westchester 
County Center, White Plains, N.Y., 7/12-7/15. 
Fri., 7/12, Raptors vs. Nets at 5. Knicks vs. Sixers at 
7:30. Sat., 7/13, Magic vs. Celtics at 5. Knicks vs. 
Nets at 7:30. Sun., 7/14. Nets vs. Magic at 2:30. 
Sixers vs. Raptors at 5. Knicks vs. Celtics at 7:30. 
Mon., 7/15, Raptors vs. Celtics at 5. Sixers vs. 
Magic at 7:30. At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, 
Long Island, 7/ 17-7/20. Tickets $1 1 at the Coun- 



ty Center, $10 at the Coliseum. Call 307-7171 for 
ticket and schedule info. 

New York Road Runners Club — Wed.. 7/10, at 6:30 
a.m., the Tavern on the Green Breakfast Run. A 
two-mile "fun run" starting and finishing on 
West Dr. and 68th St. just north ofTavern on the 
Green. (No race-day entries.) Sun., 7/14, at 8 
A.M.: the Bronx Half-Marathon (13.1M).The race 
starts and finishes on Goulden Ave. and Bedford 
Park Blvd. near Harris Park and Lehman College 
in the Bronx. For more info, call NYRRC at 
860-4455 (e-mail membership@nyrrc.org). 

Park Racewalkers USA Club — The Metropolitan Ath- 
letics Congress 3K Racewalk Championship 
Sun., 7/14, at 9 a.m. Central Park at 90th St. and 
Fifth Ave. Park Racewalkers, 320 E. 83rd St., Box 
18, New York, N.Y. 10028 (628-1317). 

New York Triathlon Club— The Staten Island Biathlon. 
Sat., 7/ 1 4, at 9 a.m. Run three miles, bike eighteen 
miles, run three miles on Richmond Pkwy. 
NYTC, PO. Box 467. Mount Marion. N.Y. 12456 
(914-247-0271). 

Mayor's Cup Track & Field Tournament — Sat., 7/13, and 
Sun., 7/14, at Downing Stadium on Randall's Is- 
land. Call 788-8389 for more info. 



Online 



Tarot Reading — Do you want to know your future? 
Having trouble deciding whether you're with the 
right person or there's someone new on the hori- 
zon? Find guidance and answers to your burning 
questions through the tarot. Melissa Townsend, a 
psychic who specializes in tarot 
reading and astrological chart- 
ing, will read your cards all 
night. On America Online, 
keyword "Channel Zero": 
7/9 at 1 1 :30 P.M. 

Commander Data — Actor Brent 
Spiner, best known as the 
pale-faced Spock wannabe on 
the wildly popular Star Trek: 
Tlie Next Generation, now ap- 
pears in the new film Indepen- 
dence Day. Talk to him on Prodi- 
gy: 7/10 at 9 p.m. 

Black Directors Forum — SonicNet 
Music presents a forum with 
filmmakers John Singleton (Boy: 
'n the Hood, Poetic Justice), Reg^u- 
Hudlin (House Party, Great White 



Hype), and Rusty Cundieff (Hits front the 
Hood).On Prodigy in the SonicNet area: 7/10 at 
8:30 P.M. 

Fighting Censorship on the Net — Shabbir Safdar ofVot- 
ers'Telecommunications Watch is well known for 
his work fighting censorship on the Internet and 
battling against cryptography legislation. He'll be 
online to answer questions about VTW's success- 
ful opposition to the Communications Decency 
Act (Cl)A) and about upcoming legislation that 
will affect all of us on the Net. One of \'etfsuvek 's 
"50 Internet People to Watch," Shabbir has spoken 
on Net rights and security around the world. On 
echo: 7/10 at 9 P.M. Telnet to echonyc.com and 
log in as "echolive." 

Stephen J. Canned — Chat with this well-respected fihn- 
and-television producer about his newest book. Fi- 
nd/ Victim, in tne New York Magazine Forum. On 
CompuServe, go NYTALK:7/1 1 at 9 p.m. 

Internet Viruses — We've all heard the horror stories of 
viruses . . . Can your computer get a virus from the 
Internet? How could it get infected? Can you get a 
virus via e-mail? What can you do to prevent getting 
wiped out by a virus? AnswerMan will answer all of 
these questions about computer bugs that bite on 
America Online, keyword A.M. Char.7/\4 at 6 p.m. 

Launching This Week 

Swoon — An e-zine for twentysomethings on the ro- 
mantic prowl debuts this week at wuw.mvon.com 
with interactive personals, coping advice such as a 
"Penny-Pinchers Guide to Romance in the Big 
Apple," and ephemera like daily horoscope readings. 



In Prints definitely admire the en- 
ergy and drive and purposefulness in Holly 
wood — people have epic manias there, 1 
whereas in Washington it's all calculation," 
says New York's lohn H. Richardson, by way of 
explaining the impulse to write his first novel, 
The Vipers' Club (William Morrow; $24). Which 
may or may not soothe the people — Joel Silver 
and Heidi Fleiss, to name two — who inspired the 
novel's characters: "I find people react to your 
writing the way they react to themselves; if they 
like themselves, they'll like whatever you say about 
them. Even if you have them doing horrible things." 




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Children's Events 

"Midsummer Night Swing" — Dance instructors in at- 
tendance at "A Family Tea Dance" will include 
Pierre Dulaine and Yvonne Marceau of the 
American Ballroom Theatre Outreach program 
and Maria Torres, the high priestess of hustle, hip- 
hop, and Latin dance. Over-8s can learn a thing 
or two about the merengue, tango, fox-trot, and 
swing dances. 7/13 from 5 to 6:30. Lincoln 
Center fountain plaza, 63rd St. and Columbus 
Ave. (875-5108). 

Creating an Impression — Kids ages 5 to 1 2 can make 
their own prints, drawing on the current exhibi- 
tion Thinking Prim: Booh to Billboards 1980-95 
for inspiration. Printmaking sessions are repeated 
7/ 18, 7/23, 7/30, and 8/6 from 2 to 4. Workshops 
are free with museum admission on a first-come, 
first-served basis. Sign in at 1:45 at the Edward 
John Noble Education Center on the main floor. 
For further information, call 708-9795. Museum 
of Modern Art, 1 1 W. 53rd St. (708-9400). Free 
with $8.50 admission, $5.50 for seniors and chil- 
dren 16 and under. 

Flotsam and Jetsam — A set of eight-foot prehistoric- 
shark jaws are among the ephemera traveling 
around the country' in the largest-ever moving- 
museum show — part of the Smithsonian's 150th- 
anniversary celebration. Through 7/24. New 
York Coliseum, 57th St. and Columbus Circle. 
Free tickets are available on a first-come, first- 
served basis everv morning. It's also possible to 
reserve tickets by calling 1-800-913-8687: tele- 
phone orders carry a service fee of $3.50 per 
ticket. 

Gone Fishing — Macy's Fishing Contest, which hasn't 
changed much — except for its sponsor — in 50 
years, is at the north end of Prospect Lake in 
Brooklyn's Prospect Park, nearWollman Rink. 
Rods, advice, and biscuit-dough bait will be giv- 
en out to contestants, who should be under 16. 
(Groups of five or more should register in ad- 
vance bv calling 718-287- 
g"| 3400.) 7/12, 7/13, and 
U 7/16-7/20, from 10 A.M. to 
4 P.M. Call 718-965-8954 
for further details. • 
"The Color of Justice"— The- 
atreworks premieres a new 
play about the landmark 
civil-rights case Brown V. 
Board of Education , in which 
a girl named Linda from 
Topeka, Kansas, helped 
change the lives of school- 
children all over America. 
Recommended for children 
10 and older; children un- 
der 6 will not be admitted. 
Free tickets are available at 
the box office the day of the 
performance. 7/1 1 through 
7/13 at 11 A.M.; 7/15 at 2; 
7/16 through 7/31, Mon. 
through Fri. at 1 1 and 2 and 

Sat. at 1 1 a.m. No perfor- 
mances on Sundays. The 
New Victory Theater, 
209 W. 42nd St. (642- 
6754).« 

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panded New York Hall of Science. Check out 
insect-inspired art-making, buggy snacking, and a 
"Cinebug Festival." 6/22 through 10/27. 47-01 
111th St., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. 
Queens (718-699-0005). Admission is $4.50, $3 
for children (4- 1 5) and seniors. 
Sky High — Don't try this at home, kids: A dozen of 
the state's top tree climbers compete in the "1996 
Professional Tree Climbers' Jamboree," New York 
State's first-ever competition of this kind. 7/13 at 
10:30 (raindate 7/14). Also at the New York 
Botanical Garden are narrated tram and golf- 
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noon), a 40-acre forest, gardens in peak bloom, and 
an outdoor sculpture exhibit. 200tn St. and South- 
ern Blvd.. The Bronx (718-817-8700); $3, $1 for 
seniors, students, and children ages 6 to 16, • 

Psychedelic — A trippy 60-foot "Katskill Kaleido- 
scope" has just opened in Woodstock with cos- 
mic ever-changing patterns, and a soundscape by 
Gary Burke. Hours are 1 1 to 7 daily. New York 
State Thru way Exit 19, near Woodstock, about 
two hours from New York City (914-688-2451); 
admission is $5. 

Outdoor Freebies — Pick up rods and bait — with a 
valid photo I.D. — for catch-and release fishing at 
the Harlem Meer, 1 1 0th St. near Fifth Ave. (860- 
1370). For information about free summer tennis 
programs sponsored by the New York Junior 
Tennis League for children ages 8 to 18 in all 
five boroughs, call 718-786-71 10 ext. 26. A series 
of free family workshops that gives kids ages 6 to 
12 the opportunity to explore the landscapes of 
Central Park and the artists of EI Museo del 
Barrio is Sats. from 1 1 to 1 beginning 7/13. Call 
831-7272 for details and registration. Check no- 
tice boards at Upper East and Upper West Side 
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Take a small, idiosyncratic bookstore that's growing instead of folding, indeed moving to 
be closer to several branches of Barnes & Noble. Add to that that the children's book- 
store goes so far as to publish, not just give shelf space to, out-of-print classics, and 
we have a veritable Jack and the Beanstalk story on our hands. The little guy surviving hand- 
ily among giants is Books of Wonder, the place to find great children's books, whether E. B. 
White's Charlotte's Web, which is still in print, or copies of the Doctor Doolittle sequels, 
which no longer are. 

The store — which reopens July 15 at 16 West 18th Street, one and a half blocks east of its 
former location — puts out several newsletters and mail-order catalogues, one of which sells 
such household accoutrements as mugs, posters, and paperweights that relate to Oz. The 
store's founder, Peter Glassman, had picked up his first Oz book without much enthusiasm 
when he was home from school sick at the age of 12. "Like a lot of people, I thought I knew 
the story already, because I had seen the movie," he recalls. Reading all the Oz books he could 
get his hands on turned out to be just the beginning of a continuing obsession. Glassman and 
his partner, James Carey, have so far reissued eighteen of the Oz books — including the first 
one, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — and are committed to reissuing a dozen more within the 
next four years. "The books espouse American ideals that you don't find in European fairy 
tales. It's not by luck that people achieve things in the Oz books," explains Glassman, who may 
have learned a few things from the series himself. "What matters is self-reliance, hard work, 
and ingenuity." Barbara Ensor 



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HOUSE FOR SALE 
Long Island 

Point Lookout, By The Sea - Mins NYC 

South Shore Nassau. Beat the Hamptons 
traffic. Spectac oceanfront vus. unique 
5-BR hse: LR. fplc, den, bsmt. gar. 3-story 
w wrap deck. S695K. Point Realty, Paul 
Gomez: 516-452-5777 24-A Lido Blvd. 

COUNTRY PROPERTY 
For Sale 

WINDHAM, NY Sales & Rentals... 
Good Values At This Time. 
Tom Sheridan: 518-734-4570/212-245-8606 



Callicoon-on-thc-Dclawarc 

Exquisitely restored 1850s farmhouse. 
5-BR, 2 bths. parlors, charm galore, barns, 
fields, views, 48 acres, 10 mins from river. 
S259.000. Klimchok RE: 914-887-4444 

VACATION PROPERTIES 
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Catskills — Straight out of "On Golden 
Pond." Great house set on pristine lake. 
I hr 45 mins GWB. SI75K. 212-596-8149 



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Summer 
Rentals 

Barnard/Woodstock, VT - Lookout Farm 

Ouiet. private, secluded mt-top home. 
Spectacular views, fully & very 

comfortably furnished, on 400 acres. 

Large swim trout pond. 4 BRs. 3 bths. 
5 fireplaces, all appl...more. Rustic mt-top 
cabin included. Minutes to shops & golf. 

Walk to Appalachian Trail. S300/dav; 
SI700/wk; also monthly 802-425-3515 



Cape Cod Condo - Dennisport, MA. 

3 rooms, private beach on Nantucket 
Sound. Near fine dining & entertainment. 
$550/week. 212-586-3897 



Catskill Mt. Chalets— 2/3-BRs. 
Spectacular mountain view. Mod kits, 
walk to town and Hunter Mt. festivals. 
S1400/mo. luly thru Sept. 201-398-9316 



Charlestown, Rl — Weekly rental avail- 
able |uly & August. Sleep 6-8, 1 50' frm 
beach, 1 5 mi Foxwood Casino. $ 1 500 per 
week. Call after 6PM. 914-962-2014. 



Connecticut, Washington (Litchfield) 

Fab furn contemp. Vus, river, priv, walk to 
town. 3BRs, 2 1, 2 bths, pool, sauna, fplc. 
a/c, lacuzzi. Summer mnths. 212-475-6648. 



Hunter Mt. Chalet — 

4 BRs. 2 bths, deck, swim/golf/tennis. 
7/1-9/31 ormnthly. 516-627-1472, Ivc mssg. 



Lonclyvillc, Fire Isl — Priv bayfront, 
5-BR. 2-bth, 2 decks, ideal for family or 2 
couples. Seas/mo, wk avail thru late Sept. 
Owner flexible: 516-281-3905 NoA&B 



MARTHA'S VINEYARD ISLAND 
Linda Bassett's Vacation Rentals 
1-800-338-1855 Call 9-9, 7 days. 

800 listings - all sizes, prices, locations. 



SHELTER ISLAND 

Pretty cottage with pool, for luly & 
August. Sleeps 3. Everything provided - 
just bring towels! Call: 212-644-371 1 



Stoneridge, NY — Lux new custom 3-BR, 
3-bth entry retreat on 3.3 secluded acres. 

Superbly dec, flower gardens, porch, deck. 

2 fplcs, large-screen TV w/sat. Convenient 
to Mohonk, Woodstock. I 3/4 hrs NYC. 
S3500/mo or $IOOO/wk. 212-662-8646 



VERMONT (Mt. Holly)— Great views 
from big log house on 21 acres. Canoe on 

wilderness lake or ski (bike) Okemo or 
Killington, from S575 week. 212-777-0515 



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Summer 
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Need a Vaca? Spend a Week in Hamptons 

Friends & families welcome. Pool, tennis, 
b-ball, hot tub, billiards. Close to beach. 
Call for low SS: 212-744-4080 

Westhampton Beach Single, nonsmoking 

profls, 30s-40s, for civilized, social 
summer. Tennis ct. pool, lacuzzi, central 
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Ocean Beach, lerry's Rooms & Effcv Apts. 
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CONNECTICUT 

Seagrape Inn at Fairfield Beach — The Inn s eight 
individual suites are filled with all the amenities and 
conveniences of home. All rooms feature private baths, 
cable tv, direct-dial tel & utility kitchen. 201-255-6808 
Seagrape Inn, 1 160 Reef Rd., Fairfield, CT. 

BLACKBERRY RIVER INN - Norfolk 800-414-3636 

Wake up in the mountains at our 232-yr-old, elegant 
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FLORIDA 

ROMANTIC SW FLORIDA 
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A gorgeous setting surrounded by tropical tranquility. 
Charming accommodations, reminiscent of the days of 
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fitness programs, trips frm $695/dbl. Call: 800-279-381 1 

NEW ENGLAND 

KENNEBUNKPORT, ME — Come and stroll to 
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casual country comfort at Shore-lands Guest Resort. 

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ANGEL Of The SEA B&B, CAPE MAY'S FINEST 

Elegant, Romantic Victorian Mansion. Ocean Views, 
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Rates as one of the Top 10 in USA! 1-800-848-3369 

NEW YORK 

A SEDUCTIVE RETREAT On Golden Pond 

" The Lakehouse is wrapped in serenity & privacy. 
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a hammock in the woods & a rowboat on the lake. 
Rhinebeck/90 mins NYC. 914-266-8093 

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Exclusive hideaway cottages & suites set on 2 acres of 
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Lots to do! Hike, bike, golf, tennis, horses or just relax. 
Great restaurants & pubs. NYC just 2 I 2 hours. 

SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE LATCH INN 

A Country House Hotel. Sophisticated, romantic. 
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On a magnificent 5-acre estate, yet right in town, near 
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weddings, shoots, corporate and private groups. 
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MOM A I K - Shepherds Country Inn 

Informal! Friendly! Large heated pool, tennis, putting 
green, pub/ lounge. Free movies. Vacation special. 
4 days/3 nights incl full bkfst & delicious dinners. 

from $1 95 pp dbl (arrive Wed or Sun). 516-668-2105 

Shelter Island Resort — AAA. On beach, gorgeous 
views. Large studios w, sundecks. TV, phones. Full 
restaurant... Golf/Tennis/ Fish nrbv. Midwk pkgs. 
516-749-2001. Box 3039, Shelter "island 1 1956 

HUFF HOUSE New England-style Inn, 2 hrs NYC 

An undiscovered mountaintop resort - 80 mi view. 
Executive golf course w/excellent Golf Academy, pool. 

tennis, fly-fishing pond. Exceptional cuisine/wine 
cellar. Warm hospitality. Antiquing/sightseeing. 45 rms 
w/baths. Getaway pkgs available! Call: 800-558-5012 

HUNTER'S ONLY LUXURY HOTEL 

Pools, tennis, lacuzzi, sauna, deluxe suites. 
Family Fun Weekends: 8/2. Wine tastings: 7/20, 8/10 
& 10/5. Couples retreat, art wknds, more. Featured 
NY Times. Scribncr Hollow Lodge, NY: 800-595-4683 

AMAGANSETT OCEAN VISTA RESORT 

Beachfront studio effic. Indoor pool, sauna, CCTV, 
phones. AC/heat. Tennis, BBQ picnic area. Popular 
restaurants nrby. Special pkgs/grp rates. 516-267-3448 

Hamptons - Ocean View Terrace 

Watcrfrnt, pool, a/c, rms, efficiency & cottages. Fri- 
Sun. 3 days/2 nts fr $l40/nt for 2. Midwk $70/nt for 2. 
Kids under 12 FREE! Contl bkfst. 285 W Montauk 
Hwy, Hampton Bays, NY 1 1946. 516-728-4056 

GUATEMALA 

AN ELEGANT SPANISH COLONIAL INN 

Whether your passion is climbing volcanoes, exploring 
Mayan ruins or colonial architecture, horseback riding, 

shopping or rafting, our concierge will help you plan 
the perfect trip! Welcome to Posada del Angel, located 

in the center of Antiqua. Fireplaces, heated lap pool. 
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PARTY SPACE 

Upper East Side Billiard Club— Best 
party space for kids! 10-200. 212-831-7665 

CHILDREN'S CLOTHING 

KOH'S KIDS— Tribeca/Battery Park. 
Sophisticated/unique clothing. 212-791-6915 

ENTERTAINMENT 

Madeleine, Award-Winning Magician! — 

And Clown! Ages 1-103! 212-475-7785 



Starmitc Puppets — P Rangers, Lion K, 
Aladdin. B&Beast. Pocah., Dinos! 473-3409 



To Advertise in New York Kids, 
Call Ingrid at 212-545-3676. 



HOLLYWOOD POP! 

Priv/Corp Extravaganzas • Circus • Magic 
Dancers • Costumed Characters • Mimes 
Carnival • Mysteries • Variety Performers 
Casino • Decor* More! 212-777-2238 



Magic by Chris — Live Dove, Comedy, 
Illusion, Balloon Animals. 516-796-6724 



FURNITURE/ 
BUNK BEDS 

BELLINI 580-3801 

Quality furniture - infants to young adults. 
Make YOUR child's room very special! 
Bedding & access, too. HOW. 86th St. 

ENTERTAINMENT/TEEN 
& PRE-TEEN 

BAR/BAT MITZVAH 

$3,500 PARTY PACKAGE 
DEZERLAND/FUN CITY 

(Check our large ad under Party Space.) 



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Health and Fitness 



COSMETIC SURGERY 



COSMETIC SURGERY 



CONSULTANT 
Answers All Your Questions 

Your Personal Shopper for Board Certified 
Plastic Surgeons to meet your needs and 
budget. I will help make this experience 
comfortable, pleasurable and exciting. 

For information, please call 
Denise Thomas: 2 1 2-734-0233. 



A NEW BODY THRU LIPOSCULPTURE 

Lose 5-20 lbs of fat, up to 3 sizes, using 
latest large-volume Tumescent Technique. 
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Skin Resurfacing For Wrinkles/Acne 
Scars w/Ultra Pulse C02 Laser / Add'l 
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Dermatology Attend ColumbiaPrcsbv. E. 
Side. Advances In Dermatology.. .980-9292 

COUNSELING 

THERAPY FOR WOMEN 

Columbia U. -trained therapist. 
Quality therapy at reasonable rates. 
Relationships, eating disorders, family, 
self-esteem, work. Convenient location. 
Flexible hours. 212-463-0558 

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Grand Opening! Great Neck, LI 516-773-MAXX 

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Harvard Prof/Masseuse — Positively 
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Enjoy A Cool Bath & Revitalizing 
Massage. Soothing Enemas. Total Body 
Relaxation. ..Private. 212-246-4276 



Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery 



To Look Your Best... 




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HYPNOSIS 



The Doncnfeld Method! Stress/ 
Smoking/Weight / Fears/ Insight/ Habits. 

Nancy Doncnfeld, Cert. Since 1972. 
Vi/MC/lnsur. 200 E 61 St. 212-758-7575 

Hypnosis - Counseling For Weight, 
Smoking, Anxiety <Sr Personal Problems. 
Dr. Winter - 50 E. 42nd St. 212-8674145 

MASSAGE/THERAPEUTIC 

BODY RENEWAL 

Rare, Unique. Beautiful on E. 57th St. 
Baths. Massages, Inner Cleansings. 
Private Nurse. 212-695-0780 



KOA HEALTH CLUB 

1st Class Bodv Scrub Sauna Shiatsu 
For Men/Women. Ft. Lee. 201-461-0949 



Intense Therapeutic Massage — Stress/ 
Sports-Related. Lied. |oy: 212-696-0043 



Anti-Aging Facial — Body scrub, massage 
- Swedish & Shiatsu. M/F. 212-661-0777 

Cleansing Massage Specialist — Noon- 
10pm. Emma Rush. By app'l. 212-841-0946 



Magic Fingers — Massage For Men. 
Upper E Side. By App't Only. 212-987-2703 



Professional Swedish Massage — Resid./ 

Studio. For Men/Women. 212-6864720 



NU LOOK - JAPANESE SPA— 

Shiatsu - Swedish. Sauna & Steam Room. 
M/F & Couples. Residential Service Avail. 
II E. 36th. 212447-6666 / 800-854-7286 



Shiatsu Studio — Swedish. Residential & 
Studio. 212-583-0140 



Relax, Stress, Pain Relief — Swedish 
Aromatherapy. Reflex. Wax. 212-2134114 



Licensed Therapeutic Massage — 

Douglaston. Queens. 718-225-1123 

MEDICAL 

HIV/STD/GENITAL WARTS 

HIV Results in 15 Mins. Confidential. 
Central Park Medical Assoc. 2464800 



PENIS ENLARGEMENT Custom 
Vacuum Pumps - Surgical. Gain 1" to 3". 
Permanent/Safe. Enhance Erection. FREE 
Brochures. Dr. (oel Kaplan: 312409-1950 

WEIGHT CONTROL 

10-15 Stubborn Lbs? — New Medications. 
5-Week Programs. 212-570-5058 



BIOCHEMICAL MEDICAL CARE 

Medication To Control Food Cravings. 
New Redux Avail. 800-MD-8-THIN 



Physician-Supervised Weight-Loss 

Program - Using Medication. 
West Village Office. 212-5294540 



Medical Weight Loss — Using Medica- 
tions. As Per NY Times. 212-288-5468 



THE EASY WEIGH™ 

NYC, New City, White Plains, Ft. Lee. 
MD-supervised. Phentermine/Pondimin®. 
800-887-LEAN (5326) / 914-6384663 



I-800-870-SL1M 

Private MD - Phen/Fen Avail. 
Affordable Fees - Manh/Qucens Location. 



The Medication Everyone Is Talking 
About! Losing Weight Has Never Been 
Easier. Physician-Supervised. 212-7374644 



Boats and Yachts 



BOAT & YACHT 

For Informal Weddings & Other Great 
Parties aboard MV (UBILEE from $42.50 
per person inclusive! Call: 212-307-0985 



LUXURIOUS DINNER CRUISES 

charters/holiday parties 



[ the Skyline, The Statue Of liberty, A 
Great Meal I Dancing - Mfno Could Want More? 
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VIP YACHT CRUISES, Inc. 718-934-1014 



THE MA|ESTIC 

Elegant, exclusive events. Luxurious, 
private yacht surroundings. At World 
Financial Center, NYC. 212-786-1225 



YACHTS FOR ALL SEASONS 

Parties planned with your needs in mind. 
No event too large or loo small. 
Corporate & private. 212-534-6380 

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PRESTIGE YACHT CHARTERS 

Planning Unique Events Aboard Luxurv Yachts 
Call 7 Days: 914-968-3220 or 212-717-0300 



YACHT OWNERS ASSOC. of NY, Inc. 
Over 400 Owners • CHARTER DIRECT 

All Boats/Info - 7 days a wk: 212-736-1010 




Start with world-class dining. 
Stir in a generous serving of music. 

Add a splash of romance. 
Sprinkle liberally with city lights. 
Our charters serve 50 to *(M). 

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Manhattan Yacht Charters 

Over a Decade of Value & Service. 
212-995-5470 205-256-8750 



"Cloud Nine" - Simply The Best — Private 
Luxury Yacht Charters. 212-248-3800 



FOR NY's BEST LUXURY YACHTS 
for business or social events afloat, 
in New York, New Jersey & Connecticut 

any time, any size - 2 to 500 guests, we 
guarantee the very best service, superb 
catering as you wish (to fit your budget) 
& immediate all-inclusive cost quotations 
Chelsea Piers Yachts/North Cove Yachts 
212-645-6626 



MYSTIQUE 

Classic Weddings & Private Parties 
MYC, Inc., Wall St., NYC. 212-856-9446 



New Orleans Theme Party $42. -$65. pp. 
NY's Only Real Paddlewheelcr, Bell 
Anne Marie! 60-144 guests. 201-514-1829 



Classic Yachts — NY, N|, 
No Fee. 212-727-BOAT (2628) 



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SAIL ON A TALL SHIP! The Schooner 
RICHARD ROBBINS, 2-49 guests, from 
NY or N|, 201-966-1684. Our 12th Year. 



Silken Charters - Sunset dinner cruises 
in NY Harbor for up to 6 on a cruising 
catamaran. Starting at $325. 201420-6870 



M/Y Lady Windridge — NYs most elegant 
charter yacht. Corp. and private events, 
up to 500 guests. 5-star cuisine. Full A/C. 
Meliculouslv maintained. 212-247-3333 



Private Sail with Someone Special — 51' 

yacht, 2 crew, champagne, shrimp, roses. 
$422 & up. 212-873-7558 Grps: $372 & up. 



DOVE YACHT CHARTERS 

M/Y labiru M/Y lacana 

Personalized, Luxurious Yacht Charters. 
Intimate dinners for two - 
to your largest corporate events. 
NYC 212-594-1561 N| 201482-1991 



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CARICATURES 

Caricatures By Dale Gladstone Laughs 
Guaranteed! Unparalleled. (718) 782-2250 



Leading Caricaturist — Enliven your 
business or private party. 212-873-1695 



Top Artist — Colorful, Witty. Fun on 
Paper. T-shirts. 516-7674201 / 212-875-0998 



• STRIPTEEZ»A»GRAM • 

The ONLY Gift Thai UNWRAPS Itself!! 
212-391-2480 • 516485-6600 • 718-352-9425 



Caricatures & Face Readings — By Sherry 
Lane, since 1 968. Corp, Priv. 212-675-6224 



Herman — "Party Artist Par Excellence" 
& unique portraits via mail. 914-557-5318 

ENTERTAINMENT 

Master Magician — "Top Rate"--NY Times 
Amazing Fun for All Events! 718-885-5038 

. HARDBODIES, INCT 

CLASSY, EXOTIC M/F STRIPPERS 

Bachelor/ettes Specials! 

212-988-8484 • 516-795-2400 • 718-693-9441 



Palmistry, The Tarot, Numerology — 

By registered psychic. 212410-1299 

ENTERTAIN/INTERACTIVE 

Virtual Reality, (ousts, Sumo Suits — 

I Castle Bounce. More! I -800-BEST-PARTV! 

ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC 

LISA GOODMAN ENSEMBLES 

Est. 1978 • Fine Classical, |azz, Motown. 
Swing, BigBand. Contemporary. Helpful, 
Creative, Always Available. 212489-1641 



GIFT BASKETS 

Baskets Galore At The Purple Door — 

A gift no one ever returns. 212-6274076 

PARTY HELP 

On-Sile — Food Prep, Serving, Cleanup. 
For Your Occasion. 212-682-428I 



SEND BALLOONS - $25! 

Bouquets, arches, cntrpieces. 212 955-9577 



Personalized Singing Telegrams! — 

NYC, LI, Westch, CT. I-80O-936-SINC 

Singing Telegram Anytime — Gorillas To 
Bellhops - We Have Em All! 212-929-8609 



Waiters/Bartenders — For All Party Needs. 
Corp priv. Tri-state. 800-PARTY-HELP 

PARTY PLANNING 

Special Events Etc.... 212-697-7899— 

The Party Specialists. We do it all! 



Pianist/Singer - |azzy Gershwin, B'way — 
& More! lonathan L. Segal - 212-222-5169 



Play It Again, Sam!— '20s-'90s Classy 
& Fun Piano Man: I-800-PLAY-1T-A... 



One Man Band Plus/Cory Morgcnstern — 

Great Music & Entertainment 914478-0075 



Memorable Music DJs — Boogie with the 
Best! Weddings, mitzvahs, etc. 800-545-5288 



Hot Samba/Cool Bossa Nova — Great 
Brazilian Music! Sabor Brasil. 212 865-4787 



Magician • Mcntalist — |on Steinfeld. 
Grand Illusions. 212-228-2967 



Palm Reader — Elegant And Evocative. 
Entertains All Ages. 212-741-5195 



S25 Bouquet Of Balloons— NY/LI. 7 
days till 10pm. 718-868-1009/ 516-569-5366 



MURDERS— 400+ Lookalikes, Magic. 
Music, Mentalism, Comedy. Casinos. 
Roasts. Full Event-Planning. All Ages. 
Naomi's World Of Ent.: 800-304-4911 



"MAGIC AGENCY, INC." 

All Types Of Entertainment At Its Best. 
Corporate & Private Events. 212-288-9133 



"BRAVO!" - Murder Mysteries, Magic, 
Limo Scav Hunt, Lookalikes. Clinton, 
Marilyn, Elvis, Roasts, Casino 212-744-9000 



Send-A-Ycnta — Hilarious comediennes 
for all occasions. 212477-1149 



Balloons, Costumes, Belly, Strip, DJs, 
Party Entertainers — Anywhere, anv time! 
LIFE O THE PARTY 800-966-7456 



Mind-Sweeper DJs — Great party music, 
'30s-'90s. Since 1975. Refs. 718-875-9824 



RCA: Jazz, Rock, DJs, Classical, Etc.- 

All Events - Magic, Novelty. 212 678-2523 



BEST SWING BAND - Lowest Price! 

Unmatched Credentials 245-5059 



Affordable Party Music — D|s from $350. 
15 Years Experience. 212-662-4921 



Mix 'N Match Music Trios — Gershwin 
to Mozart for Your Event. 718-278-5331 



Karaoke Parties Our Specialty!- 

Call David For Info: 718-631-1024 



Jazz/Classical & So. Amer. — Duos, trios 
&up... Greg: 212-727-0219 / 201-656-4289 



MARK SONDER MUSIC, INC. 

Celebrating Our 1 1th Year! 
800-MSM-MUSIC 



BALLOON BOUQUETS® 

Decorating. Special Events: 212-265-5252 | 
Nationwide Delivery-. Info: 800424-2525 

SEXY STRIPPERS - Duos 

212-744-9000 Hot & Wild. Photos. M/F. 



Bands For All Occasions - All Styles — 
Great prices. Spotlight Prods. 718-361-5815 

GOURMET CATERING 

A Chefs Table Ltd.... 212427-1089- 

Unique Gourmet Food & Floral Design. 



Catering By Hayden — Culinan perfec- 
i tion. Reasonable. Has lofts. 212-751-1459 

New England Clambake — Your location. 
Ideal for backyard or rooftop. 212-865-8976 



Queen of Karaoke — Has DJs, hosts, rent- 
als. Pvt/Corp. 800-615-BVRD: 718-544-4756 



WANT SOMETHING SPECIAL?!! 
Unique Entertainment 'Reasonable Prices 
D|s, Music • Performers ■ Dancers 1 Favors 
• Themes/Decor 'Acts • 600 Lookalikes... 
the Whole Event! Est. 1 982 800-GET-GAU 



CORPORATE PICNICS 
In/Outdoor Year-Round Sports Complex 

Conferences • Weddings • Bar Mitzvahs 
I • 800 • 753 • FOOD (5663) 



sum. ..Sum. ..Summer.. .SUMMERTIME!! 
...and the Entertaining is EASY!!! 
Weddings • Picnics • Events • BBQs 
FoodThoughts NY/NJ • 800-270-FOOD 



GORGEOUS STRIPPERS 914-225-9084 

You Name It! We Got It! XXX- R rated! 
Duos & Some Shows Too Risque To Say! 

MURDER MYSTERY, INC 

KILL 'EM At Your Next Affair. 
Corporate • Private Parties • Fund-Raisers 
"So Much Fun ■ It's .Almost Criminal." 
516-673-4979 



Donald Sacks — Caters to engagement 
parties, bridal showers, weddings. 6194600 

GOURMET COOKWARE 

All Clad, Calphalon, 
Le Creuset, Henckels, Etc... 
Low Prices. Feldman's Housewares: 
212-289-7567 1-800-559-8558 (outside NYS) 



ARD CREATIONS 

Everything Beautiful & Affordable 
For Your Party. 516-829-8580 



No-Fee Event Planning — Corp & private 
parties, weddings... Top Client List. 
RED LETTER EVENTS 212-772 1177 

PARTY SERVICE 

NEW YORK'S FAMOUS— Party 
Specialist. Sumptuous buffets & endless 
cocktails in our funkv duplex. $35 pp. The 
Hudson Grill: 645-2729 - Andy or Kirsten 



Corporate Events at DEZERLAND 
From Bumper Cars to Black-Tic Affairs 
FREE PLANNING SERVICE 

See our large ad under "Party Space"! 



DEMI RESTAURANT • Charming, Cozy 
Madison Avenue Brownstone w/ Fireplaces 
& Outdoor Terrace. Continental Cuisine. 
Private Parties for l0-50p. 212-554-5475 



Coldwalcrs - Private Room Seats 1 5-75 — 

988 Second Ave. nr 52nd St. 212-888-2122 

PARTY SPACE 

Spectacular Art Gallery — 25-300p. Com- 
m'l kit. Pvt/corp/weddings. 212-353-0088 



Australia - The Bar— 2 Ivl's, 2 DJ's, 
catering. 20-600. Priv corp. Paul: 876-0205 



Large & Small, Corporate & Ball 

Uptown & Down. Free Location Service. 
Event or the Year, Inc. 212-570-1055 

Upper East Side Billiard Club 

Unique party space. 10-250. 212-851-7665 

S.O.B.'s — Party in tropical paradise. 20- 
400. On & Off-premises. Wild! 245-4940 

Small, Lovely, Friendly Weddings 
In Private Home/Garden 

Max 70. Our Excellent Caterers or yours. 
Some Summer Dates Avail! 212-741-0567 



THE MADISON 679-2932 

3-Story Mansion Specializing in Corp. 
Events, Fund-Raisers. Weddings. 25-500p. 



Rehearsal Dinners, Etc. - 5th Ave.— 
Your restaurant, up to I25p. 212-725-2922 



LUXURY PENTHOUSE 

Terrace, Views - 50-300 . 212-765-8714 




NEW YORK 



A PARK HYATT HOTEL 



Tucked away in a quiet residential 
setting on the east side of Manhattan 
is an elegant European- style hotel. 
Experience the warmth and 
sophistication of its ballroom, the 
perfect environment lor an intimate 
social gathering for up to 
200 guests. Call (212) 702-5004 

44th St. at First Ave., NY, NY 1001 7 



O'Neals' - Formerly the Ginger Man, a 
landmark space across from Lincoln Ctr. 
Pvt & semi-pvt rooms for 14-500 guests. 
Perfect for corp. & social. (212) 595-9545 



Your Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, S. Sixteen 

in our beautiful Upper East Side setting. 
Event plan'g. 202easl Doug: 212-8614550 



Private Parties — Cocktail. Bachelor/ette. 
Corporate. 20-400p. Michael: 212-6504)561 

^ZERLaND FUN CITY 

6 CONCEPTS Have the time of your life 
cruising our '50s Hot Rod Disco, Drive-In. 
Gameroom, Sports Complex, Sing-Along 
Room & '50s Classic Automobile Collection 
Corp/ Priv; Fund Bar Bat. 50-1,500 guests, 
w/ or w/oul catering. 212-564-4590 



ELLEN'S STARDUST 
DINER & NITECLUB 

A Cool '50s Party Place for 20-300! 

Custom Menus, Music. Videos. Nostalgia, 
Sweet 16s, Weddings, Theme Parties. 
Doo-Wop Group avail. Open 7am til... 

1650 Broadway at 51st, NYC. 
Contact Peter or Bob: (212) 507-7575 



Book Your Party in the NEW 
STARLITE CASINO BALLROOM... 
the hottest Las Vegas Nile Club in NYC 
$50pp. Bar & Buffet. 212-5644679 



200 FIFTH 675-2080 

NYC's Most Exclusive Ballroom. Wed- 
dings. Fund Raisers. Corp Events. 100-Wp 



Le FIGARO Cafe — A Village Landmark 

Garden Room. Fireplace, Music, Full Bar. 
Affordable $5. 15-100. Call: 212-588-0002 



Elegant Space — Park Slope. Profl Kit. 
718499-1251. Caterers welcome. 



SUCCESSFUL AFFAIRS 

Uncovers the finest in party facilities. Our 
service is at no cost to you. 212-684-6402 



Park Avenue Country Club - 685-3656— 

Dynamic 10.000 sq ft party space. 25-650. 



Charter the Skyline A World Yacht luxury 
cruise is NY's ultimate party space for 
groups of 50-400. See our ad in the Boats 
and Yachts section - or call: 212-630-8800 



Party Specialists — #1 location. 20-!20pp 
All pvt/corp events - w/ or w/out catering. 
Prince Street Club. Soho. 212-355-0707 

PICNIC FACILITIES 

Corporate Picnics - CLUB GETAWAY 

Lakeside Setting... Every Sport. 
Delicious BBQ fare. 205-927-5664 

WEDDINGS 

Castles, Mansions, Estates — Spectacular 
locations in NYC & LI. 212-675-2080 



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The New York Office 



ANSWERING SERVICES 

$8 Live/Voice Mail/Pagers/Mail— 

800 900 #'s. All US Cities. 212-868-1121 

ATTORNEYS 

DIVORCE & CHILD CUSTODY 

Prolect Your Rights and Finances 
Law Firm of Nancv Chemtob 
212-317-1717 



Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice 

For Dignified Representation, Call 
Stuart M . Dweck, Esq. 21 2-687-8200 



EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION 
& Sexual Harrassment (212) 687-8200 

Has it happened to you? You can recover 
money damages. Steven D. Sladkus, Esq. 

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 

SI 56,000+ Lifestyle Quiz... If you knew 
of a home-based business where you could 
earn SI 56.000+ a year, would you want 
to learn more about it? Find out why 
Famous Millionaires Robert Allen, Brian 
Tracy and Denis Waitlev have gotten in- 
volved. Call for information: 1-800-599-4452 

To advertise in The New York Office 
call Inerid at 
212-545-5676 



TELECOMMUNICATIONS 

1 6c Minute Telephone Calling Card! 

Credit or Prepaid - Your Choice! 
Please Call: 1-800-789-6954 

COMPUTERS-MACINTOSH 

SCARED OF YOUR MAC? 

Entry-level instruction bv understanding 
teacher. S60/hr. Call' 212-580-0026. 

MACINTOSH GRAPHICS SYSTEMS 
for Ad Agencies, Designers, Printers 

Expert advice in plain English. 
We sell, lease, install, network, support. 
Auth. Apple. HP, Tektronix. Quark, Adobe. 
Call COGNITO • 212-366-9600 



COFFEE PROGRAMS 

Espresso, Cappuccino or Latte! 

Machines, Service...Coffee from A to Z! 
For your place of business. 718-601-6117 

PROFESSIONAL 
ORGANIZER 

Get Organized! — Professional Help 
With Paper, Clutter, Bills, Closets. Moves. 
Medical Forms & More. 800-725-0343 



GET ON TRACK! THE PERSONAL TOUCH! 

Home/Office Organizing & Setup, Inven- 
tory, Collectibles, Cataloguing. Computer 
Printout. All Five Boroughs. 800-643-7225 



Interiors and Exteriors 



ANTIQUES 

I.S. 44 Flea Market — Columbus/77th. 
Sun. 10-6. Antiques. Free Adm. 721-0900 

BATHROOMS 

Wizard Custom Bathrooms & Kitchens 

Marble. Tile. Whirlpools. Kohler. AM 
Stand. Custom Formica. Lacquer. Cabi- 
nets. Lie. Ins. Free Est. Refs. 212-677-5555 

CLOSETS 

SPACEMASTER CLOSET CO.— Free 
estimates. Top quality at discount prices. 
Melamine. wire. & doors. Ins. 212-382-1533 

City Closet Company — Free estimates. 
All tvpes of shelving. Space professionals. 
Affordable Pricing 212-387-9142 

DECORATIVE PAINTING 

Fauxbulous Finishes, Inc. — You Will Be 
Amazed! .All Surfaces! Call: 914-654-1522 

FLOORS 

Hardwood Floors — Install, Refinishing. 
Bleaching & Pickling. 212-360-2208 

HOME/BUSINESS 
IMPROVEMENT 

Carpentry, Painting, Electrical Work 

Lie. Insured. Reasonable Rates. 
"As seen in NY Magazine." 
Artists & Craftsmen: 
2 1 2-865-4459 / 674-3 788 Fax: 2 1 2-674-6008 



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"everything for your apartmen 

, One call for a beautiful home!_ 



r - ~ Carpenters Cabinetmaker!? 
^Designers Plumbers f^gtera. 



Jiandymen Movers Plasterers 
PaperhanQers-_ 



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Painting is out specialty and we 
do it right at a great price! 
Indoor/out, sheetrock, plastering. 

FREE ESTIMATES! 
let us apply 15 years of experience 
to your painting needs! 
NY'NJ references available. 



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PAINTING 



INTERIOR DESIGNERS & 
ARCHITECTS 

USE-WHAT-YOU-HAVE INTERIORS 

Expert redecoration w o new investment. 
Featured in NY' Times. NY Mag. ABC, CBS. 
Lowest Rate. Onlv $250/rm. Tri-stale. 
Free Brochure. 212-288-8888 



IDEAS COUNT MORE THAN MONEY 

Exp. designer works magic, to budget. 
Let me amaze vou. Call 212-288-1865. 



NO BIG DEAL— Take the terror out of 
decorating. Talented pro can help you. 
Lowest rates. No job too small. Ref s. 
Special access to all wholesale showrooms. 
*Tri-State Area & Florida • 
Call Steve Lyons: 212-538-0888 



Former Bloomingdalc's Designer — Will 
beautifully transform your space. Creative. 
To Budget. Sasha Designs: 212-245-1758 



Commercial/Residential Interior Design 

Construction management services. 
Tri-state area. 718-482-0676 




ent-A-Decorator 



Budget-oriented pro 
designs "your" space at 
"your" pate. S75 hourly. 
Featured in N.Y. Times 
U Glamour. 
Call for reprints. 
212-826-1069 



KITCHENS 

Triple T Construction — Your Kitchen & 
Bath Specialist. Granitework. 212-360-2208 

WOOD-O-RAMA, INC.— From kitchen I 
cabinetry to remodeling restoring (500 
tvpes of moldings to choose from), we 
have it all! 238 West 108ih Si. 212-749-6458 

ARO Construction — Painting, Tile. Mar- 
ble, Kit/Bath. Renov. Lie. Ins. 718-693-2028 

LIGHTING 

Track By lack 212-340-9111 

Track-lighting specialists. Installation. 
Sales. Wholesale bulbs. Update old cans 
w, small, efficient, low-voltage halogens. 



Midtown Lighting — We stock every 
major line - including Lightolier. Halo. 
Lutron dimming products. Luce Plan... 
plus much, much more. Mention NY Mag 
for a special discount. See our new, 
state-of-the-art lighting showroom, 
conveniently located at: 155 West 18th St. 
212-255-7701 Toll Free: 888-255-3588 

Lighting By Gregory 212-226-1276 

Lightolier 5S. Track. Recessed. Low 
Voltage. Inventory. ShouToom: 158 Bowery 

PAINTING & 
WALLPAPERING 

Custom Painting — Sponging, Wallpaper. 
Marbleizing & Gold Leaf. Ins. 212-560-2208 

Absolute Best Painting & Papering — 

Ins. Excellent Refs. Affordable. 212-744-9413 

NOISE REDUCTION 

NOISE COMPLAINTS? 
CITISILENCE 212-8-SILENCE 

Interior Noise- Reduction Systems 




So You Want To Be 
A Rock 'n Roll Star? 

Fine. Leave the electrical problems to the 
experts. For all of your home needs, consult 

INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS 

1.5 million can't be wrong. 
To advertise, call Michelle at 212-545-3672 



SLIPCO VERS 

Thomas M. Amato Co., Inc. 

NYC's #1 Reupholstery & Refinishing 
Shop. Over 80 vears of reliability. Located 
in the heart of Tribeca. 212-925-3659 

WINDOW TREATMENT 

ELITE WINDOW TREATMENTS 

Verticals, Minis, Silhouettes, Duette and 
draperies. Lowest Prices: 212-807-8674 

Levolor/Duettes/ Silhouettes 

"Best Buy!" - loan Hamburg 
212-228-8600 718-748-8600 

DIAL 1-800-CARPETS 

Berber • Sisal • Wools/ Nylon 1 Discounted 
HAGGAR INDS., INC. Est. 1952. Vi/MC 
Also Available: 90 Days - No Pay 

LOWEST PRICES— Silhouette. Duette. 
Verticals, Mini-Blinds. Draperies & all soft 
treatments. KINGSBORO: 212-243-0722 



To advertise in New York Magazine's 
INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS 
call Michelle Krell Kvdd at 212-545-3672. 



94 NEW YORK JULY 15, I996 



Services and Sales 



APPLIANCES 

AIR CONDITIONERS 

EURO-AMERICAN APPLIANCES 
Call Dial-A-Brand With Make & Model. 
Why Pay More?! Est. 1967. 800-257-3220 



1996 Limos— $59. Hr. Special Wedding. 
Prom & AC Rale. 212-807-9350 



800-221 -BUYS 212-515-1513 

Major Appliances, TVs & Air Cond. At 
Low. Low Prices. Home Sales Enterprises 



PRICEWATCHERS factory-auth TV, 

vcr, AC, major appl, built-ins. ref, washer, 
drver. Ship tri-state. Call w/make model #. 
Lowest prices: 800 556-6694 / 718 470-1620 

ASTROLOGY 

The Love Psychic — Readings That 
Change Your Life. Visa/MC. 212-874-7692 



PSYCHIC SAMPLES 

800-654-2140 Adults Over 18. 
UNLIMITED CALLING 



India's Gifted Clairvoyant 

Complete Life Readings By Gifted Anna... 
Answers Questions of Love. Romance, 
Marriage, Business, Career & More. 
Pvt 15-90-minute sessions. 212-879-1452 

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 



A Great Business Opportunity 
Miami Beach • Washington Ave. 

For Sale: A Fantastic 4500 Square Ft 
Restaurant on the Hottest Spot of 
South Beach - 220 Seats. Full Cop4 
License, Sidewalk Permit for Additional 
50 Seats. Fully- Equipped Turn-Key 
Restaurant, Before Winter Boom 
(Could Also Fit Nightclub, Bar or Pub). 
Market Value SI Million, Ask'g $587,000. 
Call Owner: 505-558-5765 / 305-586-3500 

CHAUFFEUR SERVICES 

YOUR CAR/OUR DRIVER: 

Concerned About Traffic/Parking/Theft? 
Relax in your car while our chauffeurs 
drive you at affordable rates. 
Chauffeur Elegance: 212-757-1633 

CLEANING SERVICE 

Busy? No Problem! Let Leisure Cleaning 

Help! Big jobs. Wkly. Move In/Out. Corp 
Accts. Insured. Call: 212-628-6130 & Relax. 



Manhattan Maids 

Prompt, Professional Excellence. Fully 
Bonded & Insured. All Major Credit Cards 
Accepted. 27 Lexington Ave. 212-903-5989 



McMaid Service 

ESTABLISHED 1971 
• Post-Construction 

• Corporate Apartment 
• Common Areas 

• Move In/Move Out 
• Just Plain 
Housecleanlng 

• Fully Insured/Bonded 
Think McMaid 

} For A Free Estimate. Call 

(212) 371 - 5555 




LIMOUSINE SERVICE 

Crestwood Limo 400 Lincolns & 
Stretches Avail. Sedans To LGA $29, |FK 
$39. NWKS44. 212-629-8700 / 800-34-Crest 



Stretch— S50/hr. Special: SI 49/4 hrs. Avail 
24 hrs/7 days. All credit cards. 800-255-4546 



Need A Stretch Limo In 25 Minutes? — 

Guaranteed. Carnegie Limo: 800-227-5060 

PETS 

Small Pet Sitter — Guinea Pigs/Hamsters. 
A/C, 2 Meals Daily. Aimee: 212-459-9273 



Cat Care — Cat-sitting in your home. 
Bonded. West: 947-6190; East: 838-29% 

PROFESSIONAL 
ORGANIZER 

THE ZEN OF ORGANIZATION 

Home & Office. Time & Space. 
NAPO Member. (718) 965-6562 



Obsessive/Compulsive For Hire — By 

The Hr. Closets/Projects/Etc. 212-724-6656 

PROFFESSIONAL 
SERVICES 

NEED A WIFE? 

We Do The Tasks That Your Assistant 
Won't. Banking. Shopping. Errands, Etc. 
Call Bahl & Chain: 212-627-1419 

TICKETS 

Tickets — Best Seats In Town. Theatre, 
(ones Beach... 516-741-6477 

WANTED 
TOP DOLLAR PAID 

For your used CHANEL, PRADA, 
HERMES, COMME DES CARCONS, 

GUCCI. Call Alessandro at the 
Transfer Foundation: 212-555-4230 l-7pm 

MASSAGE 

Paradise On The Table 

Breathless Massage. 7 Days. 212-684-6494 



EXCEPTIONAL MASSAGE 

By French Lady. Clean/ Pvt. 212-888-3497 



Fun & Relaxing Massage — Private & 
Discreet. By App't. Nancy: 212-997-1614 



TANTALIZING TREATS 

Midtown East. Pvt. 7 Davs. 212-213-4480 



DELIGHTFUL TOUCH 

East 50s. Weekend Specials. 212-754-1470 



The Art Of Sensual Massage — Bv Lori. 
By App't Only. East 50s. 212-486-7132 



EXCELLENT RELAXATION 

New, Exciting, Elegant. 
50s/5th. By Appointment: 212-977-7275 



Erik's Taoist Massage For Men — E. 58. 

Relaxing, Blissful. 9am-9pm. 212-213-1207 



PURE BLISS 

Private. Credit Cards. 
212-213-2977 



A Very Private Candlelight Massage — 

5th Ave & 46th. By App't. 212-997-1660 

Courtney's Back— 212-779-9226. E. 30s. 
Quality. Private, Elegant. Open 7 Days. 



LINCOLN CENTER AREA 

New, Elegant, Rejuvenating. 212-787-0146 



Parisienne — Excellent Massage, By 
Appointment. 212-888-8530 



East 64th Street — Excellent, Professional 
Swedish Massage. 7 Days. 212-838-8380 



GINZA 212-684-2121 

Shiatsu & Swedish. 12 East 33rd St. 



LEXINGTON & 47th 

.Affordable & Relaxing. 212-758-1236 



Men - Tantricize — W/Tret & Silvio. 
Chelsea I0am-9pm. 212-741-9793 



Body Double — Double your relaxation 
thru sensual, exotic bodvrub. 212-421-2707 



WALL STREET 

Weekend Specials. 212-267-4053 



INNOCENCE & BEAUTY 

City's "BEST BUY". 7 Days. 212-972-0843 



Renew Refresh Revitalize- 
Please Call Taliana/Kaya: 212-922-2149 



East 60s — Skillful European Masseuse. 
Clean, Private. 7 Davs. 212-838-8588 



Nicole — Skillful. Elegant, Sensual. 
E 50s. 8am-6pm. Upscale. 212-755-9174 



AUSTRIAN LADY 

Central Park South 2 1 2-246-4759 



Bodyrub Satisfaction — lenny's Back. 
Private. Open 7 Days. A/C. 212-534-7852 

Classy Massage — Done With Concern 
And Care. High Quality. 2I2-MU9-5920 

ELIZABETH - Excellent Massage 

By Elegant, Sensual Lady. Grand Central 
Area. Sludio/Resid. 212-867-7857 

Magical Hands Of China — Midtown, 
East Side Location. 212-972-7573 

FOR EXECUTIVES 

By Mature European. Call 212-661-7286. 



"TRYST" 

Upscale. Luxurious. E. 60th. 212-642-9119 



Sensual And Stimulating Massage — By 

Debbie. East Side Location. 212-593-1765 ' 



HIDDEN TREASURE 

Upper East Side. Mid 70s. 212-327-0244 
Surround Yourself In Beauty & Comfort. 

Out Of Bodyworks 2 1 2-545-06 1 5 

Leave Your Bodv...Here! E. 50s. 



Brigitte — Let Me Make You Feel Ten 
Years Younger. Call: 212-861-5048 



It's The Time Of The Season — For 

Christie's Hands. 212-997-0585 



A Very Special Touch.. ..Sensational!!- 

W. Village/Wall St. access. 212-645-4995 



Alexandra's Body Workshop— 1/2 Off 

Massages/Sauna/Tanning. 212-629-5106 



European Aromatics — Midtown Loca- 
tion. Open From I lam. 212-974*838 



An Elegant Escape— West 13th St. Pri- 
vate. Convenient to Wall St. 212-243-1118 



Heaven — East 60s. The Perfect Relaxa- 
tion. Open 7 Days. 212-858-1948 



VIP Oriental Spot— Relaxation Plus! 
In Greenwich, CT. 205-629-0898 

MARLA & LIZA 212-752-8554 

Studio/Residential. European Relaxation. 

Grand New Opening 

Gabrielle & Tess. Versatile/Unforgettable 
Massage. AIICCs. 212-249-2436 

ORIENTAL BODYRUB 

L.I.E. Exit 64N 516-924*092 



Pearls Of Asia— By App't Only. Call 
Kim For Appointment: 212-768-0957 



Full-Bodv Massage — For Men And 

Women, By Female. 212-986-9377 



Donna's New Salon — A Massage You 
Will Return To. 212-519-5865 



MATTHEW FOR MEN 

A Class Act. Call Matt: 212-586-6172 



AKASAKA 

lapanese Style. 718-355-2727 



Mia's Soothing Massage — Quality. 
Pvt. Midtown. 7 Days. 212-593-0046 



Trulv... Totally. ..Titillating — Sensual & 
Discreet. 55th off 5th. 212-315-3525 



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MICHELLE & MARIE 

Private. By App't. All CC's. 2I2-3I7-0062 

Personable Role-Play— All CC's. For 

Info. Call Renee: 212479-7959 

I Tropical — Oriental Shiatsu. Swedish. 
Rt. 17 North, Ramsey. 201-327-0286 

i MIDTOWN ENCLAVE 

E 52. Wknd specials. All new. 212-754-1470 

Mature, Classy Lady — Elegant. Private, 
: Residential. 7 Davs. 212-262-4557 



Daniclla And European Friends- 

By Appointment Only. 212-371-3534 



KASA 212-754-6130 

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MASSAGE 

Aloha 201-816-9562— lapanese Shiatsu, 
Swedish Therapy. Rtes 4/9W, Englewood. 

H20— W 23. (btw 6th/7th). By Oriental 
Silky Hand, For Relaxing. 212-679-1788 

MAINLAND CHINA 

ByApp't. Discreet* Private. 212-262-2636 

JAPANESE 212-799-7087 

lapanese Shiatsu. 62 West 71st. 



Grasp The Grok — Multidimensional 
Bodywork For 21st Century. 212-213-1084 

Gail's Studio — Midtown East Location. 
Call: 212-317-0085 

Costa Del Sol — A world of relaxation. 
Luxurious/complete massage. 212-593-1605 

ORIENTAL DELIGHT 

Massage/relaxation. Resid. 212-686-2222 

AKASAKA 

Exotic Pleasures 718-353-2727 

GRAND OPENING in NJ 

2 Mins From GWB. 201-568-4006 

The Incredible Lightness Of Touch — 

Sophisticated. Private. 212-421-5963 



ORIENTAL THERAPY 

New Staff! Relieve Stress. ..Shiatsu, 
Reflexology, Sauna, Table Shower, Steam. 
Edgewater, N|. 201-969-1323 



Alicia — Very Private Sensual Massage. 
7 Days. By Appointment. 212-779-8920 



Grand Opening — Pamper Yourself 
Privately. E 80s. Lauren. CCs. 212-717-0161 

MARILYN'S MAGIC 

All New! Gramercy. 212-889-9594 



N| Fuji — Best Massage & Relaxation. 
201-368-0058 



Sophia & Brigitte - Mature 

Exp The Ultimate. 7am- lam. 212-486-7520 



YANNA 212-308-4658 

Eloquent Massage. Upper E. Side & 5th. 



Touch By Tomas For Men — Soothing, 
Serene, Safe & Pvt. All CC s. 212-689-9030 



Massage By Robert For Men— W. 21st St. 
Complete, Relaxing, Private. 212-675-1090 



GRAND OPENING All-New Relaxation 
Spa Featuring Yours Truly, Vanessa. 
Brooklyn Heights. 718-237-1855 



Summer Fun — Cert Calif Therapeutic 
Massage/ Reflex. 9 Yrs Exp. 212-517-5453 



RUSSIAN MASSAGE & COLON 
Therapy. W. 94th: 212-222-4868. E. 10th: 
387-8976. E. 51st: 751-2319. Natasha/|oe. 



Pears — Eclectic Excellence, Featuring 
Synchronized Massage. 212-505-5151 



MASSAGE BY LIZ 

E. 50s & 70s. 212-888-1807 



FUJI 212-207-8959 

Shiatsu/Swedish. Rcsid/Studio. 



Classy Massage — By Elegant Asian I.adv. 
West 55th Street. 212-489-5373 

Massage — Special Russian & Mongolian 
Techniques. Forest Hills. 718-896-4504 



Soothing Oriental Bodyrub — Relaxing. 
East 5th St. (2nd/3rd). 212-677-8377 



RAINBOW 516-841-1379 

135 Sunset Hwy, Amityville, NY 



Salon Akia 212-582-2427 

Rejuvenating Shiatsu. East 50s. 



lulic — Selective. Upscale. Reasonable 
Rates. Lex & 40s. 7 Days. 212-972-0842 



Lincoln Center — Creative & Sensual 
Touch - By Brazilian Lady. 212-799-2384 



New Chinese - Exotic 

212-317-0737 Bv Ladies / 751-2925 BvAdam 



YOKO Shiatsu/Swedish— New Citv. 
lOam-lOpm. 914-634-9200 



Miramar — Highly Skilled Internat'l Staff. 
Superb Bodyrub.' By App't. 212-826-8814 



FOREVER YOUNG 212-319-6778 

Japanese Shiatsu. Studio/Resid. 



Body Pampering By Amanda — Private. 
All CCs. Grand Opening. 212-861-5969 



Massage — Swedish/Shiatsu. Body Scrub, 
Facial, Reflexology. M/F. 212-661-0777 



Gold Coast Spa — Located On The 
Hudson River In NJ. Call: 201-840-1743 



KIKU JAPANESE E. 50 

Shiatsu Studio/Res. 212-223-2650 



ICHIBAN 

West 3bth St. lapanese. 212-268-9985 / 9986 



Asian Spa - 20 1 -1 1 3-92 1 5— We've 
Got The Touch. 5 Minutes From GWB. 



RENDEZVOUS 

Upscale Relaxation. 
5th Avenue & 46th Street. 
By Appointment Only. 

212-840-6111 



914-698-5858 

Shiatsu/Swedish. Sauna, Shower. 



Wall Street — Science With Art. Private. 
Clean, Safe. Studio/Resid. 212-732-0113 



MAKI 212-751-5550 

Shiatsu. Studio/ Residential. 



TOKYO MOON 

East 53rd. lapanese Style. 212-4210222 



Beautiful Massage By Diane — West 
Village. By Appointment: 212-206-1570 

LICENSED THERAPY 

New York's BEST 
SEX THERAPY 

Board-Certified Clinical Sexologists 
MD-Supv. SURROGATE PROGRAM 

All Dvsfunctions • Privacv Assured 

212-721-7650 



SEXUAL SUCCESS 

NYC's ONLY CERTIFIED* Sex Therapist- 
Supervised SURROGATE Program. 
SEEN ON 20/20 & CNBC. 
Resolve Impotence/PE/Orgasm Problems/ 

Shyness. PROVEN SUCCESS. 
MD Supv'd. End fear/failure. 212-971-6060 

■ Amer. Asin of Sex Eduction, Counselor* & Therapists. 



Impotence? Premature Reaction? 
Sexual Shyness? 



Qur treatment combines; Surrogate Therapy with 
Hypnotherapy or Solution Focused Psychotherapy 

Certified Psvchotberaolsls ft Hypnolhe rapists 

Professional Surrogates M D. Supenrlul 
rrtemBf r American Acidemi ol Clinical Saiologitts 



Insurance Where Accepted 
Free Consultation 212-679-6717 



Premature Ejaculation/Impotence Cured 

! forever in a 3-hr session. 1 6 yrs research. 
Dr. Beck. Scientific. Guarantee: Perma- 
nent. Ins okay. 1 lam-lpm. 212-689-9717 

ROLE PLAY 

Kim — Live/ Real/ Intense/Exotic/Caring. 
Unforgettable/Let's Talk. 2 1 2-245-464 1 -24hr 



Daisies— Private. By App't. All CCs 
Accepted. Help Wanted. 212-769-4141 



Nurse Therapy — Dress-Up. Behavior 
Training. Luxurious, Upscale & Private. 
Credit Cards Accepted. 212-684-6775 



Black Canadian — Exotic. Sensual, 
Private. Call Anne: 212-552-6084 



INNER CLEANSING 

Clinical Nurse Role-Plav. 212-5964240 



Southern Elegance — Pamper Yourself. 
New Location. Taylor: 212-751-4415 



Alexis — Enterprising Role-Play. Upscale, 
Upbeat Clientele Only. 212-969-0505 



Jasmine Returns — Pvt & Discreet Role- 
Play. Explore Your Fetishes. 212-552-7155 



CREATIVE NURSE ROLE-PLAY 

Personalized* Intimate. 212-481-9293 



MISTRESS NINA STERN 

Complete role-play, 10am-8pm 212-794-4740 



SWEET ELEGANCE 

For The Refined Gentleman w/ Exquisite 
Taste. Your Summer Place. 212-317-0124 



Exquisite, Sensual Touch — Exotic & 
Discreet. E Midtown. Sabina: 212-297-0245 



Upper E. Side — Venus & Rose: Sensual 
Bodvrub & Nurse Role-Plav. 212-427-5801 



Statuesque Brazilian Role-Play — Elegant 
& Discreet. Upper East Side. 212-517-9466 



Discreet Encounters — For The 
Sophisticated Gentleman. 212-207-1909 



Candy - Sutton Place For Upscale ' 
Gentlemen. Elegant, Beautiful & Private. 
212-980-8118 



ANGELIQUE 

Yours Truly. 212-751-5296 



Katrina — Elegant Encounters For The 
Upscale Man. E. 50s Locale. 212-7584817 



Suzanne's Executive Stress Relief — 38th 
& 3rd. Expensive & worth it. 212-681-2798 



Cindy, Judy & Alicia — Ready for your 
role-play. Private & discreet. 212-221-9700 

Upper East Side — Elegant, Mature, Pvt. 
For Gentleman. By App't: 212-570-5296 



CAROLINE'S 

Vanessa, Hollv, Julie & Brenda. 
5 Mins From GWB. 201-943-8359 



Bright, Competent, Gentle Surrogate — 

Confidential & Effective. 212-316-4768 



PURE PLEASURE 

Sensual Ladies Specializing In Exotic, 
Intimate Stress Relief. 212-679-1070 



Live Conversation — l-On-1 Stimulating 
Role-Play. Call Now! 212-970-3360 

HONEY - SUTTON PLACE 

For Discreet Men. Classv, Pvt 212-838-2655 



THE INCOMPARABLE REBECCA 

Kind, Warm, Charming Relaxation. 
Your Resid. Full Info: 212-714-7709 



Capture The Ultimate — Tina. Mature. 
By App't Only. 212-682-2242 



MADEMOISELLE i 



Scandinavian & European Models 
Upscale relaxation for gentlemen 
who expect the very best. 

1-800-464-6667 



Call: 212-679-4409/ 4431 
Relax w/an ASIAN STAR 



ROYAL SANDS 

We Deliver Dreams: 212-924-1133 



KELLY 

Sensual Touch. Warm 
Role-Plav Bv Brazilian .American. 
West 50th. 212-399-0691 



Vicky — Mature, Exquisite And Private. 
Call For Appointment: 212-265-4703 

Erica — Sensual, Exotic Relaxation. 
Upper East Side. 212-879-4788 



For Discriminating Men — Intense & 
Therapeutic. Upper E. Side. 212-988-3226 



Psychotherapist — Explore All Subjects. 
Role Playing - 24 Hrs. 516-422-2404 



Treat Yourself To Total Relaxation- 

That You'll Never Forget. 718-886-2358 



Behavior Modification — Nurse Therapy 
& Role- Play Bv Experts, For The Novice 
& Connoisseur. AX/Vi/MC. 212-889-5350 




24 Hrs. 
7 Dip 



5th 1 6th Ave 



Apache Princess — Pagan. Exciting. For 
Special Execs Only. ByApp't. 212-459-1930 

VENTURES UNLIMITED 

Ultimate Role Play. 212-888-1666 

A Moroccan Mirage 

At Your Residence. Call: 212-717-0594 



J1LLIAN BRADLEY & FRIENDS 

Plush & Private Multi-Level Townhouse 

Offering The Ultimate In Relaxation. 
Strictly By App't. Res. Avail. 212-779-3332 



Blake— When Sensual Role-Play lust 
Isn't Enough. 212-579-1759 



A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE 

Upscale & luxurious service 

24 Hours/7 Days, Credit Cards Accepted 

1-800-808-6679 



Body Builder/Wrestler — Can Act Out 

Your Dreams. 212-316-2503 



Copacabana — Relax Your Bodv And 
Your Mind. 718-779-9582 

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ROLE PLAY 



' Warm & Wonderful, 
When Only The Best Will Do. 



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EXECUTIVE STRESS RELIEF 

Plus First-Class Role-Play. 
Private, Safe & Discreet. 
Midtown/Resid. 212-714-1557 



Kelly & Eva— East 50s. Pvt & Sensual. 
Relax Your Body & Mind. 212-519-5451 



37th & 3rd Ave — Actress - Executive 
Stress Relief. By App't Only. 212-681-2798 

FEMALE BODY BUILDERS 

& Wrestlers. Pvt. Variety. 212-7594)935 

Escape Into A Relaxing Rendezvous — 

With Christi. Pvt. Lux. App't: 212-949-8164 



SUN & MOON & STAR 

Upscale Relaxation. Total Satisfaction For 
Execs. By App't. E Midtown. 212-308-5702 



Cross-Dressing - Est. 1990 

All Levels. Makeovers, Fetish Role-Play. 
Upscale & Discreet. 212-7144018 



Everything's Kosher— West 84th. All 
CC's. 212-769-4141 



Scott - Relaxation Therapy — And Role 
Playing. Private Sessions. 212-242-7054 



Westch/Rockland/Pulnam— Touch. Talk 
Therapy, Dance. Voyeurism. 800-957-5048 



Mature Gentlemen — Private Relaxation 
By Mature Lady. Studio/Res. 212-957-9673 



Sara: Exciting, Elegant, intelligent- 
Upscale. By App't. Your Res. 917-553-9582 



Everything A Gentleman — Could Want. 
Relax With Us. 212-675-9257 



ORIENTAL STAR 

Relax In Astoria. 718426-1777/1881 



GINA'S ROLE-PLAY 

Mature Lady. Rubenesque Look. Discreet. 
By App't. E 50th. CC's. 212-571-3106 



Valerie Returns — Your Manhattan Home. 
New#: 2I2-5OI-9O02 



A Touch Of Class— Li's Upscale, 
Personalized Svc, By App't. 516-227-1855 



Caressa — Bodyrub. Private Studio. 
Call: 212-977-6692 



Discreet Role-Play — Via Live Conversa- 
tion. Pvt Phone Service. 718-275-2510 



Elccktra — Asian -American role -play 
sessions. Private. By app't. 212-686-6404 



Adam & Friends For Men — Exclusive, 
Private & Safe. 212-988-2991 



#1 Transsexual Mcgastar! — Lovely 
"Sherry Fox", For Beginners. 212-582-5009' 



Pvt Role-Play By Mature Woman— Pvt 

Locale. 24 Hrs. Studio/Res. 212-832-2610 



Unforgettable, Energizing — Sensual 
Phone Play. For Men Only! 800-875-1508 



Shcmale Hi-Fashion Model — Rolc-Plav 
& Cross-Dressing. In/Out. 212-225-5164 



Touch Of Class — Scandinavian Elegance. 
Sensual/Beautiful/ Private. 2 1 2-642-91 98 



Cajun/Ebony She-Male — Fashion 
Model/Video Star. Mimi. 212-935-9476 



PRIVATE ENCOUNTERS 

Upscale Models To Relax & Pamper You. 
Sensual/ Beautiful/ Expensive. 212-355-8321 



DONNA 

South American. Discreet. 212-725-3072 



Sensual Role-Play — By Mature Ebony 
Beauty. Your Residence. 212-330-8368 

Russian Mystique — Elegant. Captivating, 
Upscale. All Boroughs. 718446-0922 

YURAKU 516-777-7566 

200 Rt 1 10 (S), Suite #4, LIE 49 (S) 

Diana — Mature & Elegant Role- Play. 
By App't. 9am-llpm. 212-4864377 

Total Relaxation — F.uropcan Role-Play 
Specialist. Residential Only. 212-5704 007 

MISTRESS MADELINE 

There Is No Substitute. 2124844870 



Fetish Exploration — Behavior Modifica- 
tion - Role-Play. 212-5914600 



Assortments 



FIELDS! The Matchmaker 212-391-2233 

317 Madison (entr on 42nd) NYC 10017, 
Rm 1600. Est 1920. Free consultation & 
booklet. 18-80. All religions. Nationwide. 
Visitors invited. Open 7 days. We arrange 
for your children without their knowledge. 

Classical Music Lovers' Exchange™ 

For unattached music lovers. Nationwide. 
Box 31, Pelham, NY 10803. 800-253-CMLS 

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I enjoy sports, dining out, movies and have 
a good personality and a great sense of 
humor. Note/photo/phonc. 8992 K 



Beautiful Entertainment Executive — 

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NYer seeks a modelesque woman (23-32), 
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Attractive English Widow — Reside in 
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Celtic-American — Midwestern business- 
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Wanted: Witty, Wry, Nice lewish Guy— 
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Fore! — Adorable blond golfer looking for 
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Slim, sincere, witty, playful gal seeks guy, 
36-45, 5'9" plus, to be lifetime best pal. 
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Romantic Partnership — Sought by 
intelligent, attractive attorney, 45, 6', 
190 lbs, emotionally available and looking 
for loving, forever relationship filled 
with laughter and romance with warm, 
sensitive, intelligent and attractive woman, 
34 plus. Notc/photo/phonc. 9023 IS 

Class Act In Catskills — lewish widow, 
attractive, active, good figure, traveled, 
winters in FL - enjoys cultural interests, 
quaint restaurants, antiques, theater, coun- 
try drives. You should enjoy same, 63-71, 
humorous, nice-looking. Photo. 9013 M 

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55) male, who is very attractive, unusual, 
bright, highly successful, witty, emotional- 
ly and physically fit. Photo/phone number 
must for reply; will exchange. 8983 13 

Handsome Executive — 49, Connecticut 
resident, Westchester business, down-to- 
earth, nonsmoking lewish gentleman... 
seeks lovely lady, 30-45, to share the 
future. Enjoys movies, tennis, golf and fine 
dining. Looking forward to your response. 
Note/phone/photo, please. 8987 M 

Make This Summer Great — Attractive, 
intelligent, witty woman, 38, 5'2", 
seeks smart, kind, genuine man, 35-45, 
with great sense of humor. 8998 M B 

Setting Sail For A Soul Mate — Down- 
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into the sunset. Note/photo. 8995 M B 

Chance Of A Lifetime — Attractive, 
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sincere, down-to-earth, provocative but 
refined lewish gal, 35-45, needed to ignite 
my curiosity, fulfill and explode my 
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responses preferred. 8964 MB 



Regular Guy — Attractive Latino pro- 
fessional, 44, 6', 180 lbs, fit, smoker, 
dedicated uncle, seeking (212), 5'5" plus, 
model-looks, 30-44, professional Latina 
for friendship/commitment, including 
movies (old and new), museums, variety 
of music in quiet places, travel, candlelight 
romance and passion. Photo/note required 
for response - will reciprocate. 901 1 M 



Love Is A Gamble — Attractive, slender, 
green-eyed brunette is a solid asset in 
every way. Seeks white professional man, 
40-50, fit, nonsmoker, who possesses 
integrity, wit and a sense of adventure. 
Note and photo gets a reply. 901 8 M 



Pretty Asian-American Female — 33, 

enjoys blading, skiing, tennis, traveling. 
Seeks athletic, successful, handsome 
partner, 29-45, to share life with. Photo 
and note, please. 9032 M 



Take A Dip In My Pool— Playful, 
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for life, seeks irreverent, warm, fit, secure 
man as a co-conspirator. 9016 MB 



Very Pretty, Slim Blond — 44, fit, quick- 
witted and smart, seeks intelligent, suc- 
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loves to laugh. Photo/phone. 8975 M 

Adventurous — Good-looking, 47, profes- 
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seeks attractive, athletic, witty woman 
with a good head on her shoulders. My 
interests are many and will try anything 
at least once. Note/photo a must. Will 
reciprocate. 8981MB 

North Jersey Resident — Single white 
male, 37, 6', 210 lbs, athletic build, easy- 
going, sense of humor. If you're a single 
female, 32-40, nonsmoker, let's give it a 
shot. 9000 MB 



A Swan Amongst... — Strikingly pretty 
professional, sophisticated, short-haired, 
great cook, seeks unruffled, accomplished 
lewish prince, 43 plus, who prefers qual- 
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GQ, |ew And 52/5'97l60— Self-made, 
sexy N) financier, looking for a stunning 
unspoiled princess. I love sushi, romance 
and body massage. Enjoy great conversa- 
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out. I prefer a body for sin and head for 
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more with the "chosen one". If you are out 
there, show me with photo and letter. 
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Attractive Teacher — 36 - enjoys walks, 
museums, volleyball and country-western 
dancing. Looking for an optimistic, com- 
passionate, honest, nonsmoking gentle- 
man for committed relationship. 8996 M 

Still An Optimist — Smart, pretty, slim 
law-enforcement professional, 46, seeks 
unique man of substance. 8997 M B 

Hot Summer! Romance! — Female, 48, 
over the top in looks, designs on 
friendship and refreshed with humor. 
Waiting to meet you: funny, fit, influential, 
insatiable, secure, substantive. 9030 HIT 



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professional male, late 40s-early 50s. 
Prefer nonsmoker. 9009 M 



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California Girl— Pretty, fit/athletic 
designer, 30, seeks hip, humorous, 
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Gay White Male — 46, 6'6", Waspy, suc- 
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Spent Too Much Time On My Career — 

Adorable Jewish female, 33, petite, blond, 
NYC attorney - seeks attractive, single 
lewish male, 29-35, MD/ID/MBA, who 
can prove to me that all the good ones 
aren't taken. Note/ phone/photo. 9022 



Dynamic, Good-Looking — Actor/activist, 
solid, secure, funny, 5' 10", fit, 56 - arts, 
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professional believes that everyday 
actions reflect the love in one's heart. 
I'm 5'2", petite, 1 14 lbs, with two beau- 
tiful children. Passions include dancing, 
reading, music, Barnes & Noble, hiking 
at Mohonk. Seeking kindhearted man to 
share life and love. 8991 SB 



(Hopeful) Romantic — Striking lewish- 
Italian female, looking for that special 
man, 56 plus. Photo if possible. 8989 E>3 



Beautiful Days Ahead — This pretty 
Christian brunette would like to spend 
them with an easygoing man in his 40s, 
with a good sense of humor. Enjoy my 
career, dancing, nature, animals, art, 
laughing and much more. 8993 M IT 



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Flower girl, servant to editors on 
the Guardian during Prohibition. 
(5-4.5) 

Non-stop activity of draught in 
which queen and corgi turn to 
singular charity. (9,6) 
Country, river, and city of old in 
heavy shower. (8) 
Letter to the border takes a long 
time; they are 27 25. (8) 
Rendering of the town on Seine or 
Mississippi — it could be a 
devil. (4.5) 

Didn*t have a ride where the 
cowboys did? (5) 
See 5. 

Rugby scrums have passages on 
which one may be examined. (5.6) 
Leaves, if corrupted, the 
Hippocratic principle. (4,4) 
See 3. 
See 27. 

Poets' always — that's weird. (5) 
Making green red. or how to do 
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1 Standing order takes in some people. (5) 

2 A student engineer used to be on the 
Trent. (7) 

3,4,16,10 Hush! (4.4,5.4) 
3,4,21,10 Don't risk getting wounded. 
(4.4.4,4) 

3,4,24,10 Don't reduce speed. (4,4,4.4) 

5 Go on about the badlv paid: it means 
ruin. ( 10) 

6 Possibly the date for making its 
fortune. (5-5) 

7 Money earned and given in Southend. (7) 

8 Barren of sense, going round on 
standard. (9) 

12 Nuts from lack of nut? (5,5) 

13 Golly! Feel so bad inside, effect of cold 
or fear. (10) 

14 Chester's gallery. 5 perhaps. (9) 
17 He gets into space having driven a 

runabout. (7) 
19 Play after hundredth edition allowed to 
proceed. (7) 

22 Marriage portion is precise about part- 
ownersnip. (5) 

23 See 10. 

24 See 5. 



'What's in a Name': 'Cue' Crossword • By Maura B. Jacobson 



ACROSS 

1 Memorable netman 

5 Abbrs. on radios 

8 Tariffs 

15 Soap shape 

19 Mr. Spock's series 

21 Computer data display 

22 Sandwich cookie 

23 Ex-gridder sent a 
letter 

24 Actress entered 
suddenly 

26 Pipe angle 

27 Plus factor 

29 Greek vowel 

30 Rep.'s opponent 

31 Partner of cease 
33 The sandbox set 
35 Kin of sahib 

37 One of the Champions 

41 Charlie Chan's remark 

43 Heavy-metal rock band 

45 Tax pro 

47 " Gotta Crow" 

48 " Entertain You" 

51 How the actress got 

the hogs in 

55 Once across the pool 

56 Flurry of excitement 

57 Succumbs to 
submersion 

59 Fragrance 

60 Gucci of footwear 

61 Skirts the basket 

63 Hostelry 

64 "Not a chance!" 

65 Whoppers 

66 Notwithstanding 
68 " tell no tales" 

71 Cutting edge 

72 Manufacture 

73 Critic's command to a 
smart dog 

74 School hop 

75 Put on a pedestal 

77 Hosiery units of 
fineness 

78 Attired 

81 Source of vexation, 
with 86-Across 

82 Ferber novel 

83 Chicken king 

84 lapanese wrestling 

85 Pep-squad shouts 

86 See 8 1 -Across 

87 Large tropical lizard 

90 Undo stitches 

91 Pav dirt 



92 Photographer uses the 

garage 
94 "The Divine Miss M" 

96 Broadcast 

97 Actor Vigoda 

98 Museum on the 
Thames 

99 "Every cloud 

silver lining" 

101 Office furnishings 
103 Orthodontist's degree: 
abbr. 

106 Adam's youngest 
108 Marsh 
112 Unlock: poetic 
114 Top pair, in poker 
116 Portend 

118 Python's relative 

119 Actor shoots from 
ambush 



124 Not-so-tanned 8 

bandleader 9 

126 Songsmith Paul 10 

127 lacket types 11 

128 Partial to a single 

faction 12 

129 X and sting 13 

130 Least challenging 14 

131 Koppcl of "Nightline" 15 

132 Sofas, converted 

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DOWN 17 

1 Inquired 18 

2 Couturier's concern 20 

3 Corridors 25 

4 " he drove out of 28 

sight" 32 

5 Applies icing 34 

6 Shea nine 36 

7 Form of trapshooting 



Dubliner's land: abbr. 
Singer Manchester 

Alto 

"Waiting for Lefty" 
playwright 
Sub detector 
Where to soak 
Cuff fastener 
Kramer's first name, 
in "Seinfeld" 
Columnist Buchwald 
Piano feature 
Endless time 
Attacked verbally 
Fit for a king 
Subway-booth buy 
Descartes 's conclusion 
Spasms 

O'Neill's obsolete 
vendor 




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38 Actor felt pain 

39 Dodged, as taxes 

40 Restful state 

42 Stratosphere layer 

44 Calumny 

46 Dramatist's opus 

48 Bacon residue 

49 Adams or Brickell 

50 Comedian suffocates 

52 Part of B.Y.O.B. 

53 Endings for hippo and 
aero 

54 Laid ('em) in the 
aisles 

58 Ceremony 

60 Portions out 

62 Fifth tires 

67 Dwight's nickname 

68 "Raging Bull" star 

69 Urgent 

70 "We the world" 

71 Sis's contemporary 

73 Enter the auction 
again 

74 Blueprint 

75 On a foreign tour 

76 Term of affection 

77 Having portals 

78 Cymbals sound 

79 Give off 

80 Narc's target 

82 Elitist 

83 Penguin of the north 

87 "I can't believe 

the whole thing" 

88 Ingrid's colleague 

89 Sops up 

92 Quebec peninsula 

93 Quarterbacks, often 
95 Van Gogh's loss 

100 Raised a laugh 

102 Nuts containing 
caffeine 

104 Hamlet's people 

105 Futuristic lit. 
107 Jacques Tati role 

109 Residence 

110 Seeded 

111 Beaches 

113 Bronte's Jane 

115 Swordplay item 

117 Heredity element 

119 Major conflict 

120 Bambi's aunt 

121 Astronomer's vista 

122 Neptune's domain 

123 Atl. express 
125 Umbrella spoke 



Solutions to last week's puzzles appear on page 103. 



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Designer Heads New French Corp. 

HARRIS ON FORD 

Pollster Rates 38th President 

ERNES T.B. ORG. NINE 

Bird-Disease Study Group Forms Softball Team 

POPE, YET HE'S A I.LO.R. MAN 

Pontiff Member of lnt'1 League of Raccoons 



Above, heads and subheads. Competitors are 
invited to repunctuate one familiar name and 
supply for it a brief, illuminating follow-up. 

Results of Competition 854, in which you 
were asked for original items from a summer 
catalogue. 

Report: Birds. The birds was coming. Bathe 
them, clothe them, shoo them, shoe them, 
feed them, breed them. Also, dubitably. 
Kathie Lee-made abroad items. Sports para- 
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franz SHOOBlRD — Scarecrow in the image of 
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NOT TO bee — Insecticide. The rest is silence. 

Laura Shea, N.Y.C. 

stool pigeon — Shock and amuse car buffs 
with these fake bird droppings. 

Paula Doherty. Tiverton. R.I. 

And Honorable Mention to: 

drive-in billiard parlor — Shoot a game of 
snooker in the comfort of your own car. 

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disappearing guest room — For unexpected 
drop-ins. 

similarly: Gisellu Baumann. Astoria, N.Y. 

John Foshee. Austin. Texas 

AUTHENTIC IAPANESE lanterns — Made in the 
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Genevieve C. Vieito, Metairie. La. 



Hamptons time SHARE — The scintillating new 
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FIND YOUR HOUSE IN THE DARK— Fluorescent 

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portable tennis court — Sets up anywhere. 

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tents FOR every taste— In three attractive 
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shrink with pencil and notepad. Tape asks, 
"What comes to mind?" (Must be reinflated 
after 50 min.) 

Leonard Sims, N.Y.C. 

fire-escape playpen — L-shaped roomette. 
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ring around the collar — Phone your 
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specify gingham, plaid, paisley. 

Ian Leigluon, N.Y.C. 

white plastic gazebo — Made in France. 
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lean Sorensenm, Herndon, Va.: 
jack Riley. Los Angeles. Calif. 

snakeskin garden hose — Choose from Cop- 
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cruciform citronella candles — Ward off 
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weed-eater cookbook — Summer recreation- 
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Tanner Foust, Boulder. Col. 

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IANE austen in A nutshell — Everything you 
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Marilyn Crystal. Scarsdale, N. Y. 



airsats — Faux whoopee cushions. 

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STEER CRAZY — Worried about mad cow? In- 
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patio barbie-q — A minature, working cook- 
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pesto gelato — Real Italian dessert from our 
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led Martinez, Margate, Fla. 
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eau pair — His and her birdbaths. 

Greg Ryan. N.Y.C. 

earn while you picnic — Umbrellas you can 
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virtual shea — Simulated sights, sounds and 
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Hillary goes for her weapon, which she obtained 
from a secret service agent in exchange for 
sexual favors. instinctively, i poll my revolver 
and shoot— one, two, three bluets- into her 
naked, writhing body. the president is so drugged 
out he just laughs. they all laugh. i reload. . 



THEN I WAKE 
UP. IT WAS 
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the promiscuous 
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